Eski, assuming your comma-ending symbols never got populated with any data, try running Database Purify from the Tools menu. Run Database purify and select the 'Report missing quotes' check box.
When Purify completes, sort on 'Problem/Description' in the results You'll get a lot of symbols that are reported as missing some quotes, but at the bottom of the list should be all the stocks with no quotes. They will be clearly labeled as such. Shift-left button select those symbols then right-click and chose 'Add selected symbols to watch list...' (Make sure use the 'selected symbols' instead of 'All') Then go the the Symbol menu and select Organize Assignments and follow Patrick's instructions for deleting the symbols. Regards, Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: Eski Movsinuit To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 5:55 PM Subject: Re: [amibroker] clean up wrong symbols from the database I tried the following and it seems that any symbol with "," will not be picked up from the explore process. I even tried StrFind( Name(), "," ) but it's not picking up anything. NumColumns = 2; //Filter = StrFind( Name(), "," ) != 0; Filter = 1; Column0 = V; Column1 = C ; Eski -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 10:39:39 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [amibroker] clean up wrong symbols from the database Hi Eski, Just thinking off the top of my head here, but could you do an exploration of your entire database (e.g., filter = 1) with the only columns displayed being for the Close or perhaps Volume. Then sort the exploration to identify all symbols with a zero value for the close (or volume) {here I'm assuming that the erroneously added symbols do not obtain any data from your data provider}. If you can do this, now select the zero valued symbols (you can select them by <LMC> (i.e. left mouse click) on the first and then do a <shift><LMC> on the last) and then do a RMC and select "Add selected results to watchlist", and select an empty watchlist to add the bad symbols to. Now open Organize Assignments ( either <ALT>O, or from the toolbar: Symbol -> Organize Assignments), select Watchlists, scroll to the watchlist you put the bad symbols in, highlight all and then click on delete. You'll get a warning before deleting, but ignore it. This is a bit labor intensive, I know. A couple days ago someone posted a code for deleting all symbols with .ob endings which you might adapt if you think you would have to do this more often or for different databases. Or you could modify the EZ Cleanup jscript I wrote long ago (I think it is in the library or files sections) or the Cleanup jscript Thomaz provides in Tools (and which my effort was based on). That mod would be to find stocks with 0 trading for one day, but it might also delete legitimate stocks that trade infrequently. Peace and Justice --- Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: Eski Movsinuit To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 10:10 AM Subject: [amibroker] clean up wrong symbols from the database Hi, I accidentally added 500 symbols into the database with extra comma in the symbol. For example, the symbol "AAPL" becomes "AAPL," Is there a way to remove all those wrong symbols with comma? Thank you. Eski -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free 3D Marine Aquarium Screensaver Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! Check it out at www.inbox.com/marineaquarium ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Online Photosharing - Share your photos online with your friends and family! Visit http://www.inbox.com/photosharing to find out more!
