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Re: holdtill() problem with flip()



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Don,
Cond=H>Ref(H,-1);
Val=ValueWhen(Cond,H,1);
Graph0=Val;
graph0 holds the value of H till next occurrence of 
the same condition, where will hold the next value
and so on
Dimitris Tsokakis
--- In amibroker@xxxx, "doeddoed2002" <doed@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> I appologise that my previous example may have been misleading 
> because the valuewhen() statement looks as if it could do the job.
> 
> I wont bore you with all the reasons but one problem is that the 
> second value may be coincidentally the same as the first and I 
still 
> need to know that its related to a new condition. I dont have a 
> second array to use in FLIP(). The condition is only 1 on the day 
it 
> occurs and reverts to 0 for other days.
> 
> Tomasz's FLIP()example would be fine if it worked on one array but 
> not two eg
> 
> array1 000000010000100000
> result 000000011111000000
> 
> Using cum()can work in some cases but not for my purpose because I 
> want to reset to 0 or 1 each time condition occurs. 
> result 00000001111122222222333
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In amibroker@xxxx, "farriners2002" <dre@xxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Just returned to find all those great suggestions which I will 
work 
> on. many thanks for all the help.
> > 
> > I looked at flip(array1,array2) but in my case I want it to work 
> with the same array not a different one.ie I want to hold a value 
> from the first occurence until the second occurence of the same 
> condition.
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > eg 
> > 
> > Cond=high>ref(high,-1); /* the condition being monitored is high 
> today greater than high yesterday */
> > val=valuewhen(cond,high,1); /* the value of high when condition 
> occurs */
> > then something like flip(cond,cond); or holdtill(cond,val); /* a 
> way to keep the last value of high constant until the condition 
> occurs again, then change to the new value and hold again until etc 
*/
> > 
> > Maybe I'm missing an obvious way to do this.
> > Ps to the person who suggested I learn AFL, this is what I am 
> trying to do with all your help.
> > Regards Don.