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Many thanks Bob, it works fine as is if I enter the date of the day after my
intended date. Is there a way to make it start counting from 0 instead of 1?
Again the help is greatly appreciated.

Brent
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Fulks" <bfulks@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Brent" <brente@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: Help need indicator for running count.


> At 2:16 AM -0700 12/3/99, Brent wrote:
>
> >Hi, I am trying to make an indicator that will plot a running count like
4,
> >8, 12, 16 . . .  on my chart starting from a specified date and only
> >plotting (the count)above every fourth bar. I gave it a try (see below)
and
> >although the count is right, I get the count plotted above every bar
instead
> >of every fourth one. Thanks.
>
> Try the following (untested but probably close to correct)
>
> Bob Fulks
>
> -----------
>
>
> Input: COLOR(Tool_White), Strtdate(0), Run(4);
> Var: count(0), newtext(0), sbar(0);
>
> if date = Strtdate then
>          sbar = currentbar;
>
> if sbar <> 0 then begin
>     count = count + 1;
>     if  Mod(count,Run) = 0 then begin;
>        newtext=text_new(date,time,H,numtostr(count,0));
>        text_setstyle(newtext,2,1);
>
>        If GetBackGroundColor=Tool_White then Value4=Text_SetColor(newtext,
>           Tool_Red)
>        Else Value4=Text_SetColor(newtext, Color); {changes numbers to red
for
>           white charts.}
>     end;
> end;
>
> if false then plot1(C,"");
>
>