If you want to reference an element, within the resulting array, outside of the function, then simply assign the result to a variable first.
fast = fast_EMA(period); value = fast[i]; // where i is the desired element index And yes, your usage of Optimize is correct. Mike --- In [email protected], "Markus Witzler" <funny...@...> wrote: > > Hello, > > I designed the following function which creates an exponential moving average: > > function Fast_EMA( period ) > { > EMA_fast[ 0 ] = close[ 0 ]; seed value is being set > > for( i = 1; i < BarCount; i++ ) > { > EMA_fast[ i ] =EMA_fast[i-1]+(close[i]-EMA_fast[i-1])*2/(period+1); > } > > return EMA_fast; > } > > > Now, when I later want to reference a value of the function, do I use this: > EMA_fast[i] > > And when want to optimize the length of my exp. moving average, do I use > this: > > period=Optimize ("Fast EMA length", 50, 10, 150, 10); > > fast_EMA( period ); > > > Thanks for clarifying > > Markus >
