Error in Highest[n](high)

• 04/24/2016 at 4:02 PM #5899
  Adolfo

  Hi everyone!

  I’m getting this error when trying to set up one variable at Highest.

  REM Reset Januaty 1st lastyear = year-year[1] IF lastyear>=1 then maximo = Dopen(0) minimo = Dopen(0) velaapertura = Barindex endif velaactual = Barindex n=velaactual-velaapertura // 1,2,3...etc. IF Close>maximo then maximo=Highest[n](high) contador=contador+1 endif IF Close<minimo then minimo = Lowest[n](low) contador=contador-1 endif return contador

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  REM Reset Januaty 1st lastyear = year-year[1] IF lastyear>=1 then maximo = Dopen(0) minimo = Dopen(0) velaapertura = Barindex endif   velaactual = Barindex   n=velaactual-velaapertura // 1,2,3...etc.   IF Close>maximo then maximo=Highest[n](high) contador=contador+1 endif IF Close<minimo then minimo = Lowest[n](low) contador=contador-1 endif   return contador

  If I set up n=1,2,3… etc is working ok.

  Result of “n” calculation is 1,2,3.. but getting this error alert: “Integer positive expected on HIGHEST”

  Any ideas?

   

  

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  04/24/2016 at 5:18 PM #5901
  Nicolas

  Because 0-1=-1

  Look at how you calculate your n variable! The first barindex is 0.

  

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  04/24/2016 at 6:24 PM #5902
  Adolfo

  Thanks Nicolas, I tryed different ways to calculate “n”.

  n=abs(velaactual-velaapertura) // 1,2,3...etc

  1	n=abs(velaactual-velaapertura) // 1,2,3...etc

  n=velaactual-velaapertura // OR n=velaapertura-velaactual

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  n=velaactual-velaapertura // OR n=velaapertura-velaactual

  Getting the same error in all cases, it says that “n” should be an integer positive.
  Return n is showing 1,2,3… so… is an integer, is positive… I can’t get the point :/

  Cheers!

  

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  04/24/2016 at 6:28 PM #5903
  Nicolas

  n variable may return 0 sometimes?

  

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  04/24/2016 at 6:37 PM #5904
  Adolfo

  Yes, you are right! but still the same.

  velaapertura=Barindex-1

  1	velaapertura=Barindex-1

  At this point first result is 1 instead 0, but still the same error, here the code updated:

  REM Reset Januaty 1st lastyear = year-year[1] IF lastyear>=1 then maximo = Dopen(0) minimo = Dopen(0) velaapertura = Barindex-1 endif velaactual = Barindex n=velaactual-velaapertura //n=5 // IF Close>maximo then maximo=Highest[n](high) contador=contador+1 endif IF Close<minimo then minimo = Lowest[n](low) contador=contador-1 endif return contador

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  REM Reset Januaty 1st lastyear = year-year[1] IF lastyear>=1 then maximo = Dopen(0) minimo = Dopen(0) velaapertura = Barindex-1 endif   velaactual = Barindex n=velaactual-velaapertura //n=5 //   IF Close>maximo then maximo=Highest[n](high) contador=contador+1 endif IF Close<minimo then minimo = Lowest[n](low) contador=contador-1 endif   return contador

   

   

  

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  04/24/2016 at 7:43 PM #5911
  Nicolas

  Just tried to solve this issue. I’m stuck here too 🙂 Sunday evening you know …

  In intraday your n variable still returns negative values though.

  Maybe you could explain me better what you want to do with this code? I would be more helpful!

   

   

   

  

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  04/24/2016 at 8:14 PM #5915
  Adolfo

  Thanks Nicolas!

  I wanna set “n” as the result of the current bar minus the first bar (in this case January 1st bar) so, in January 15th the result of (n=currentbar-firstbar) should be “15” and set “n” (Highest[n](high) or Lowest[n](low) as 15.

  The point here is to get the maximum and minimum prices of the current year from variables Highest and Lowest. But.. Maybe there is a short and  easy way to find this, Like Dhigh…. I’m confused also…

  Thanks a lot again for your time Nicolas.

  

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  04/25/2016 at 7:42 AM #5922
  Nicolas

  Oh I see now 🙂

  Is this what you are trying to do? :

  once hh = high once ll = low //reset each year if year<>year[1] then hh = high ll = low endif //which value is max or min? hh = MAX(hh,high) ll = MIN(ll,low) RETURN hh,ll

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  once hh = high once ll = low   //reset each year if year<>year[1] then hh = high ll = low endif   //which value is max or min? hh = MAX(hh,high) ll = MIN(ll,low)   RETURN hh,ll

   

  

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  04/25/2016 at 11:01 AM #5933
  Adolfo

  Yes! Thanks so much Nicolas. Going to test it now!

  

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  04/25/2016 at 11:05 AM #5936
  Adolfo

  Perfect but… Do we know, why, “n”, is not able no be at “Highest[n]”?

  Or should be an exact number and not a result?

  Fixed with your code but still thinking about it.

   

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  04/25/2016 at 11:39 AM #5938
  Nicolas

  Nope, don’t have any idea of what causing this right now.. I’m happy you get what you want though.

  

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  06/03/2016 at 10:16 AM #8713
  Adolfo

  Finally I thinkl I know what the problem is, and with your help and working together with RICHARDYUSTE, we realize we were getting “0” as first result, that was the problem. First result is “1” but Barindex was “0” sometime… Seems to be ok now.  🙂

  Best trading ever 🙂

  

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