Graham, Thanks very much for your help. Your code produces the result I was wanting; but I'm still confused about why mine was not working. Is there something special about PlotShapes that it cannot be used in a loop? Why does it work to use PlotText in the loop, but not PlotShapes?
Thanks again, Richard --- In [email protected], Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > there are better ways to do this, and you can do it without using a > loop. However to get you on right track and not take too much time, do > not place plotshape in loop and define an array for using in it to > define whcih bars are to be plotted with the shape. Here is a quick > fix to your code > I do not guarantee that the shapes are plotted where you want them, > but this should give you a direction for the corrections > > Plot(C, "", colorWhite, styleCandle); > bp = bc = 0; > bcount = 0; > bperfect = 0; > for( i = 4; i < BarCount; i++ ) > { > if(bcount == 9) > { > bcount = 0; > bperfect = 0; > } > if(Close[i] < Close[i-4]) > { > bcount++; > // for perfection, low of 8 or 9 must be less than lows of both 6 and 7 > if(bcount==8) > { > if((Low[i] < Low[i-1]) AND (Low[i] < Low[i-2])) > bperfect = 1; > } > if(bcount==9 AND bperfect==0) > { > if((Low[i] < Low[i-2]) AND (Low[i] < Low[i-3])) > bperfect = 1; > } > } > else > { > bcount = 0; > bperfect =0; > } > if((bcount == 9) AND (bperfect==1)){ > PlotText( "" + bcount, i, L[ i ]-.10, colorRed ); > } > else if(bcount) > PlotText( "" + bcount, i, L[ i ]-.10, colorYellow ); > bc[i] = bcount; > bp[i] = bperfect; > > } > > PlotShapes(shapeDigit9*(bc==9 AND bp==1), colorBlue, 0, L, -20); > > -- > Cheers > Graham Kav > AFL Writing Service > http://www.aflwriting.com > > > On 27/09/2007, richcb750 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anyone? I'm new to AFL, so let me know if I'm doing something > > completely wrong. > > > > Thanks. > > > > --- In [email protected], "richcb750" <rwennis@> wrote: > > > > > > Anybody have any ideas on this? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "richcb750" <rwennis@> wrote: > > > > > > > > The following formula acts right when I use the commented out PlotText > > > > line. But if I use the PlotShapes line instead, the shape is plotted > > > > for every bar. What am I doing wrong with the plotshapes? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Richard > > > > > > > > bcount = 0; > > > > bperfect = 0; > > > > for( i = 4; i < BarCount; i++ ) > > > > { > > > > if(bcount == 9) > > > > { > > > > bcount = 0; > > > > bperfect = 0; > > > > } > > > > if(Close[i] < Close[i-4]) > > > > { > > > > bcount++; > > > > // for perfection, low of 8 or 9 must be less than lows of both 6 > > and 7 > > > > if(bcount==8) > > > > { > > > > if((Low[i] < Low[i-1]) AND (Low[i] < Low[i-2])) > > > > bperfect = 1; > > > > } > > > > if(bcount==9 AND bperfect==0) > > > > { > > > > if((Low[i] < Low[i-2]) AND (Low[i] < Low[i-3])) > > > > bperfect = 1; > > > > } > > > > } > > > > else > > > > { > > > > bcount = 0; > > > > bperfect =0; > > > > } > > > > if((bcount == 9) AND (bperfect==1)){ > > > > //PlotText( "" + bcount, i, L[ i ]-.10, colorRed ); > > > > PlotShapes(shapeDigit9, colorBlue, 0, L[i], -20); > > > > } > > > > else if(bcount){ > > > > PlotText( "" + bcount, i, L[ i ]-.10, colorBlack ); > > > > } > > > > } >
