John, Thanks for making it clear to the newbies to QP.
Joe --- In [email protected], "John Haworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What I pasted in below is from QP help files for their proprietary language. The database holds quarterly earnings and revenues back 12 quarters ( 0 to -11). So you can use the COM object in say VB or C++ to get at this data as I showed in my earlier e-mail this morning. > > As mentioned you would use the RevEpsClass and create an instance of it and then say to get data 12 quarters back you could write > > in C+: double dbl_EarningsBack12 = Convert::ToDouble(m_Earnings- >Earnings(-11)) where m_Earnings is an instance of the RevEpsClass > > in VB.Net: Dim dbl_Earnings# = m_Earnings.Earnings(-11); > > John > > ********************************************************************** ************************************************************ > > QTREPS(quarter#) > > Returns the earnings per share, in dollars, for the specified quarter. Data on the 12 most recent quarters are kept in the database. > > QTREPS(0) specified the most recent quarter; > > QTREPS(-1) is the quarter before the most recent; > > QTREPS(-11) is the oldest quarter available. > > Example > > Output = "mylist"; > > if QTREPS(0) > 3.0 then > > println symbol; > > endif; > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] on behalf of vjsworld > Sent: Fri 6/9/2006 6:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [quotes-plus] Re: historical fundamental data in QP database? > > > > OK, I see that in the DJtraders guide, but it only says it 0, -1, - > 2, -3 quarters... So does this mean it only goes back up to 4 > quarters (one year)? Or does it go back for years and this is just > not outlined in the guide? > > Thanks in advance, > Van > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:quotes-plus% 40yahoogroups.com> , "John Haworth" <john@> wrote: > > > > > > > > You would use the RevEpsClass in the COM object. Earnings and > Revenues can be extracted back to I forget how many quarters but if > you wanted the earnings 1quarter back in VC++>Net you might write > > > > double dbl_EarningsBack1 = Convert::ToDouble(m_Earnings->Earnings (- > 1)) where m_Earnings is an instance you earlier created of the > RevEpsClass. > > > > So in summary Earnings and Revenues are not called by trading days > back in the database but by quarter. > > > > John > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:quotes-plus% 40yahoogroups.com> on behalf of vjsworld > > Sent: Thu 6/8/2006 7:34 PM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:quotes-plus% 40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [quotes-plus] historical fundamental data in QP database? > > > > > > > > Can you access historical fundamental data from the QP database > via > > the API? I see how to get the price data out (for charting), but I > am > > trying to get fundamental data out so that I can chart EPS under > Price > > (as an indicator, or something I can create indicators with) in my > > charting program. > > > > The reason I ask this, is I see in the DJtraders guide that when > you > > call the price function, you need to tell it how many days back to > > load, but looking at the fundamental functions (EPS, etc), it > doesn't > > ask how many days to load....... > > > > Anybody have any experience here? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Everything you need is one click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AHchtC/4FxNAA/yQLSAA/GHeqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quotes-plus/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
