> Yes I've been getting the same email many times also.
Me too. > I'm about to do > a special Norton Scan! Since it is a simple text mail (no HTML) I doubt that Norton will find anything. Greetings, Thomas > > Cheers, > > Gordon Sutherland > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Herman > Sent: Friday, 28 November 2008 5:54 a.m. > To: Barry Scarborough > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: How to convert a string to non-string > characters?! > > > > Is everybody getting this same email about twenty times? They are > still coming in... but less frequently. > > > > > or is this a problem at my end? > > > > > h > > Wednesday, November 26, 2008, 7:42:31 PM, you wrote: > > It isn't impossible, just akward. I would try to find another way. > > > > > > > > > > StrToNum will convert the number up to the first non-number, the > > > > character + in your case. That is why you get 3 instead of 12. > > > > 3 + 4 + 5 is not a number and strToNum is not smart enough to add > > the > > > > numbers. When it gets to the + it quits and returns 3. > > > > > > > > > > To sum numbers in a string you have to parse the string to extract > > > > the numbers. This will extract the numbers from the string and sum > > > > them. The printf lines show what is being done along the way. > > > > > > > > > > VarSetText("Condition1", "3 + 4 + 5"); > > > > > > > > aStr = VarGetText("Condition1"); > > > > a = aStr; > > > > Offset = StrFind(aStr, "+") +1; > > > > Len = StrLen(aStr); > > > > b = StrMid(aStr, Offset, Len); > > > > Offset = StrFind(b, "+") +1; > > > > Len = StrLen(b); > > > > d = StrMid(b, Offset, Len); > > > > > > > > > > // this shows the output of the parser > > > > // at this point a, b and d are strings, not numbers. > > > > printf("a= " + a + ", b= " + b + ", d= " + d); > > > > > > > > > > // strToNum returns the number up to first text character > > > > x = StrToNum(a); // x = 3 > > > > y = StrToNum(b); // y = 4 > > > > z = StrToNum(d); // z = 5 > > > > > > > > > > // now you can sum the numbers > > > > printf("\nTotal =" + NumToStr(x+y+z, 1)); > > > > > > > > > > Of course if you have an alphanumeric string, such as "Sum 3 plus 4 > > > > and then add 5.", the parsing it will get very difficult but it > > can > > > > be done. > > > > > > > > > > Barry > > > > --- In [email protected], "ozzyapeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> If it is just plain impossible to convert strings to actual values > >> > >> (other than plain numbers), perhaps my DLL plugin needs to spit > > > > work in > > > >> a different way? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> This is the type of thing I am trying to achieve - to cycle > >> through > >> > >> thousands of conditions like: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Condition1 = MA(C, 12) > C5 AND MA(C,20) < Close; > >> > >> Condition2 = EMA(L,4) > C3 OR MA(H,7) > Close; > >> > >> . > >> > >> . > >> > >> . > >> > >> Condition2555 = MA(H, 50) < C12 AND EMA(L, 12) < Close; > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Setting the left sides of the above expressions is easy, using > > > > dynamic > > > >> variables. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> But my DLL spits out the right sides of the above expressions, but > > > > only > > > >> as strings. So instead of the DLL returning strings, how else > >> could > > > > it > > > >> interface with AmiBroker so that the dynamic assignments above are > >> > >> created in the AFL? > >> > >> --- In [email protected], "ozzyapeman" <zoopfree@> wrote: > >> > Or to take a more trivial example, the following prints "3" > > > > instead of > > > >> > "12": > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > VarSetText("Condition1", "3 + 4 + 5"); > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Total = StrToNum (VarGetText("Condition1")); > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > printf ("Sum %g", Total); > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > How do I convert the above string so that Total is equal to the > >> > > >> > expression itself, which is equal to 12? > >> > > >> > --- In [email protected], "ozzyapeman" zoopfree@ wrote: > >> > > Yes, tried that. 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