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 Thank you very much,
 
 I actually had read the manual, but had failed to grasp the significance of the comment about "current SelectedValue of the _expression_"
 
 Now that you show me the way, I understand it, of course :-)
 
 Thanks, again
 
 Regards
 
 
 >   Hello,
 >
 > You should probably start reading the MANUAL:
 > http://www.amibroker.com/guide/afl/afl_view.php?writeif
 >
 > Read the Second comment !!!
 > ===================
 >
 >
 > You should use this instead
 >
 > trendText = WriteIf(trendup , "Trend UP", "Trend Down");
 >    AddColumn( IIF( trendup, Asc("U"), Asc("D") ) , "Trend", formatChar );
 >
 > Best regards,
 > Tomasz Janeczko
 > amibroker.com
 >
 > On 2010-03-13 19:29, googool123123 wrote:
 > >
 > >
 > > that is how I am running it, against all quotes of the _*same stock
 > > *_
 > >
 > >
 > > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "j0etr4der" j0etr4der@ wrote:
 > > >
 > > > I tried on a watchlist with 60 stocks. There were both Trend UP and
 > > Trend Downs, BUT for any one stock, the results were the same (either
 > > all Up or all down Down.) Something else is wrong other than WriteIf.
 > > >
 > > > Good luck.
 > > >
 > > > --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "googool123123" bfallahi@ wrote:
 > > > >
 > > > > could someone please tell me why in the following code
 > > > >
 > > > > the line
 > > > >
 > > > > trendText = WriteIf(trendup , "Trend UP", "Trend Down");
 > > > >
 > > > > always returns the same value regardless of the values of Coppock and
 > > > > CoppockMinusN
 > > > >
 > > > > it always returns "Trend UP"
 > > > >
 > > > > Thanks
 > > > >
 > > > >
 > > > > here's the code
 > > > >
 > > > > TimeFrameSet( inMonthly ); // switch now to hourly
 > > > >
 > > > >
 > > > > //Returns the array with months(1-12)
 > > > > monthArray = Month();
 > > > >
 > > > > closeCurrentMonth = C;
 > > > > closeLatMonth = Ref(C, -1);
 > > > >
 > > > > Coppock =
 > > > > (ROC(Close,14 )*10 + ROC(Close,11)*10 +
 > > > > ROC(Ref(Close,-1),14)*9 + ROC(Ref(Close,-1),11)*9 +
 > > > > ROC(Ref(Close,-2),14)*8 + ROC(Ref(Close,-2),11)*8 +
 > > > > ROC(Ref(Close,-3),14)*7 + ROC(Ref(Close,-3),11)*7 +
 > > > > ROC(Ref(Close,-4),14)*6 + ROC(Ref(Close,-4),11)*6 +
 > > > > ROC(Ref(Close,-5),14)*5 + ROC(Ref(Close,-5),11)*5 +
 > > > > ROC(Ref(Close,-6),14)*4 + ROC(Ref(Close,-6),11)*4 +
 > > > > ROC(Ref(Close,-7),14)*3 + ROC(Ref(Close,-7),11)*3 +
 > > > > ROC(Ref(Close,-8),14)*2 + ROC(Ref(Close,-8),11)*2 +
 > > > > ROC(Ref(Close,-9),14) + ROC(Ref(Close,-9),11))/2;
 > > > >
 > > > > N = 1;
 > > > >
 > > > > CoppockMinusN =
 > > > > (ROC(Ref(Close, -N),14 )*10 + ROC(Ref(Close, -N),11)*10 +
 > > > > ROC(Ref(Ref(Close, -N),-1),14)*9 + ROC(Ref(Ref(Close, -N),-1),11)*9 +
 > > > > ROC(Ref(Ref(Close, -N),-2),14)*8 + ROC(Ref(Ref(Close, -N),-2),11)*8 +
 > > > > ROC(Ref(Ref(Close, -N),-3),14)*7 + ROC(Ref(Ref(Close, -N),-3),11)*7 +
 > > > > ROC(Ref(Ref(Close, -N),-4),14)*6 + ROC(Ref(Ref(Close, -N),-4),11)*6 +
 > > > > ROC(Ref(Ref(Close, -N),-5),14)*5 + ROC(Ref(Ref(Close, -N),-5),11)*5 +
 > > > > ROC(Ref(Ref(Close, -N),-6),14)*4 + ROC(Ref(Ref(Close, -N),-6),11)*4 +
 > > > > ROC(Ref(Ref(Close, -N),-7),14)*3 + ROC(Ref(Ref(Close, -N),-7),11)*3 +
 > > > > ROC(Ref(Ref(Close, -N),-8),14)*2 + ROC(Ref(Ref(Close, -N),-8),11)*2 +
 > > > > ROC(Ref(Ref(Close, -N),-9),14) + ROC(Ref(Ref(Close, -N),-9),11))/2;
 > > > >
 > > > > trendUp = IIf(Coppock > CoppockMinusN, True, False);
 > > > >
 > > > >
 > > > > trendText = WriteIf(trendup , "Trend UP", "Trend Down");
 > > > > AddTextColumn(trendText , "Trend");
 > > > >
 > > >
 > >
 > >
 > >
 >
 
 
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