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At 9:51 PM -0800 12/29/97, Bill Vedder wrote:

>I am using TS 3.5 EOD with TC2000 EOD stock data. I would like to be able
>to cycle a system thru a number of different stocks and output system
>performance statistics for each stock. To do this, I need to be able to
>print out the stock symbol or name. I have tried using the"CommodityNumber"
>function but this doesn't work (it prints out the same number regardless of
>which stock I test). I also tried looking for some undocumented function
>(like GetSymbolName) but, although this will verify, it doesn't print
>anything out.
>
>Does anyone know how to access a stock symbol or name in EL?
>

I use the following syntax in a print statement and it works well:

    Print(..<any other data>........, GetSymbolName);

Make sure your print line doesn't exceed the maximum length of a line. I
forget what it is but if it is too long, it is truncated to the allowable
number of characters without warning.

Bob Fulks

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