Hi,
 I am trying to find the high value of a low occurred within the last 5 periods

{ LowPeriod will contain  how many periods ago the low occurred }
LowPeriod     := llvbars(C,5);


{ CurHigh should  contain the High value of  the bar that presented the Lowest value}
CurHigh       := ref(H, LowPeriod);


This should work, but I am given an error message that the ref() function  can accept the Period value just as a constant, not as a variable. How can I solve this in a different way?

Thanks in advance
Renato

Hi,

You can solve your problem by using the variable REF function found in the forum DLL

CurHigh:= ExtFml( "Forum.Ref", H, LowPeriod);

You can freely download the latest version from the download section:
http://forum.equis.com/files/3018/programming_files/entry19695.aspx

Best regards,
Bulli

I think you might find the ValueWhen() function will work faster than the external function call:

{ LowPeriod will contain  how many periods ago the low occurred }
LowPeriod     := llvbars(C,5);

{ CurHigh should  contain the High value of  the bar that presented the Lowest value}
CurHigh       := ValueWhen(1, LowPeriod=0, H);


Hope this helps.

wabbit

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