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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tomasz Janeczko [mailto:tjaneczk@x...]
>
> > How did you handle the Stock Code and Issuer Codes in fields 1 and 2? I
> > merged them in a spreadsheet before import so that AmiBroker
> sees both TLS
> > and TLSCB ("CB" was originally in the 2nd field with no
> recognition of it's
> > purpose by AmiBroker that I could see).
>
> That's what I didn't understand in this data file. Are you saying
> that you don't have
> unique ticker symbols so one must combine some fields to get
> unique string?
> In my example I used the first column as a ticker name but I
> could be wrong.
> If proper way to handle it is to join two columns you just gave
> me an idea of a
> new command for format definition file :-)
Yes, the Stockwatch data has the 3 letter stock code in the first field, and
a 2 or 3 letter Issue, Option or Warrant code in the second. Eg., TLSCB is a
subsequent issue of shares of TLS. Without concatenating field two to field
one, I think AmiBroker either ignores TLSCB, or overwrites TLS with it.
I have made an Excel spreadsheet macro that performs these changes at the
push of a button, but control internal to AmiBroker would be even better :)
Regards,
Mark
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