Retrieve values for “currently viewed timeframe” and base indicator of values

• 05/04/2021 at 8:39 AM #168728
  margincallcat

  Hey!

   

  As the title goes, i want to retrieve the timeframe i am currently viewing to impact the calculation of an indicator, so its input values changes depending on wether im looking at a weekly,daily,1h or other timeframe chart. TradingView has this feature whereas you enter for example “timeframe.isdaily” and then IF the current chart is on a daily timeframe, the values followed are returned true.

   

  I have been looking at PRTs “TIMEFRAME” but that seems to be the other way around.

  I want to complete the following more or less:

  X=value i want changed depending on currently VIEWED timeframe in PRT.

  If dailytimeframe then X=20

  if weeklytimeframe then X=52

  if H1 timeframe then x=120

  else

  x=240

  …for starters.

   

  anyone has a smart code/idea that isnt to cpu-consuming that retrieves the currently viewed timeframe?

   

  Thanks!

  Viktor

  

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  05/04/2021 at 8:56 AM #168740
  robertogozzi

  There’s no built-in function to retrieve the current TF.

  You will have to resort to one of the following code snippets to work it around:

  https://www.prorealcode.com/topic/determine-the-charts-time-frame-in-a-program/#post-105563

  https://www.prorealcode.com/topic/determine-the-charts-time-frame-in-a-program/#post-126674  (previously https://www.prorealcode.com/topic/determine-the-charts-time-frame-in-a-program/#post-123797).

   

  

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  05/04/2021 at 9:32 AM #168748
  margincallcat

  thx for suggestion!

  however 150-200+ lines for this is a no go…

  

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  05/04/2021 at 9:42 AM #168750
  robertogozzi

  250 lines?! I can’t understand where that number comes from!

  Nicolas’code is 12 lines (without comments) and Vonasi’s code is 91 lines!

  

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