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Help With 'Function Output' Alert Syntax

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I'm getting stuck on an alert output. Basically I have a RadarScreen with 18 Forex Majors/ Crosses. I have 2 time frames set up, 15min and 60min. When my alert is triggered I have one of a possible 36 symbols and time frames to search through. This is far from a major feat but I would like to know which currency pair and which time frame is being triggered at the time of the alert. I use text to speech so I would like the PC to say "Euro Yen 60 minute just fired off" for a EURJPY pair on a 60 minute chart, or "Aussie Dollar 15 minute just fired off" for a AUDUSD pair on a 15 minute chart.

 

The idea was to write a function that converted the symbol to a text output giving the nicknames of the pairs. This function output, along with the BarInterval reserved word plus some text would make up the above alert. eg.

 

Alert(SymbolText+BarInterval+"minute just fired off"). The syntax I can't get right so this is what I need help with. Here is my code I started with.

 

{*********************SymbolText Function*****************}
vars:
audjpy(0),audusd(0),cadjpy(0),chfjpy(0),euraud(0),eurcad(0),
eurchf(0),eurgbp(0),eurjpy(0),eurusd(0),gbpchf(0),gbpjpy(0),
gbpusd(0),nzdjpy(0),nzdusd(0),usdcad(0),usdchf(0),usdjpy(0);

begin

if symbolroot="audjpy" then SymbolText="Aussie Yen";
if symbolroot="audusd" then SymbolText="Aussie Dollar";
if symbolroot="cadjpy" then SymbolText="Loonie Yen";
if symbolroot="chfjpy" then SymbolText="Swissie Yen";
if symbolroot="euraud" then SymbolText="Euro Aussie";
if symbolroot="eurcad" then SymbolText="Euro Loonie";
if symbolroot="eurchf" then SymbolText="Euro Swissie";
if symbolroot="eurgbp" then SymbolText="Euro Sterling";
if symbolroot="eurjpy" then SymbolText="Euro Yen";
if symbolroot="eurusd" then SymbolText="Euro Dollar";
if symbolroot="gbpchf" then SymbolText="Sterling Swissie";
if symbolroot="gbpjpy" then SymbolText="Sterling Yen";
if symbolroot="gbpusd" then SymbolText="Cable";
if symbolroot="nzdjpy" then SymbolText="Kiwi Yen";
if symbolroot="nzdusd" then SymbolText="Kiwi Dollar";
if symbolroot="usdcad" then SymbolText="Dollar Loonie";
if symbolroot="usdchf" then SymbolText="Dollar Swissie";
if symbolroot="usdjpy" then SymbolText="Dollar Yen";

end;

 

So in my code on my RadarScreen indicator I would have something like this:

 

Alert(SymbolText+BarInterval+"minute just fired off");

 

But this syntax does not agree with me. Any help would be appreciated.

 

Cheers.

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Try

 

Var: AlertStr("");

 

AlertStr = SymbolText+" " +NumtoStr(BarInterval,0)+" minute just fired off";

Alert(AlertStr);

 

regards,

Suri

 

 

 

So in my code on my RadarScreen indicator I would have something like this:

 

Alert(SymbolText+BarInterval+"minute just fired off");

 

But this syntax does not agree with me. Any help would be appreciated.

 

Cheers.

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Hi Suri, thanks for your reply.

 

I've tested it and it says only the interval and the text following. It will not say the symboltext from the function output. When I made the function I told it to output a text string. Is that correct? Any ideas?

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In TS, Try

 

 

Symbol or

GetSymbolName

 

instead of Symbolroot

 

Regards,

Suri

 

Hi Suri, thanks for your reply.

 

I've tested it and it says only the interval and the text following. It will not say the symboltext from the function output. When I made the function I told it to output a text string. Is that correct? Any ideas?

Edited by suriNotes

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Yeah, I tried both already. It either ignores it or quotes the exact symbol.....try listening to E.U.R.J.P.Y everytime a signal triggers! LOL

 

Tams, also tried symboltext in Vars (both symboltext(0) and symboltext("") ) but then it will only accept symboltext in the code as a numeric or string. :crap:

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try this and see what you get in the output window:

 

print( SymbolText + " " + NumtoStr(BarInterval,0) + " minute just fired off" );

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Tams, also tried symboltext in Vars (both symboltext(0) and symboltext("") ) but then it will only accept symboltext in the code as a numeric or string. :crap:

 

 

of course that is the way it is supposed to be...

 

either numeric OR string, but NOT both.

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Nope............................................................nothing.

 

Surely it couldn't be lower case letters used for the symbols in the function could it? I'm sure TS would take this into account. I'd say there's nothing wrong with Suri's code....maybe the function's a little confused LOL.

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I don't see you declare symboltext in the var:

 

 

my mistake... that's the name of the function.

 

ok I think I have an idea of what is the problem...

let me think it through a bit more first....

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Nope............................................................nothing.

Surely it couldn't be lower case letters used for the symbols in the function could it? I'm sure TS would take this into account. I'd say there's nothing wrong with Suri's code....maybe the function's a little confused LOL.

 

 

 

YES... that is it...

 

computers are DUMB...

 

lowercase is lowercase,

 

and

 

UPPERCASE is UPPERCASE.

 

 

THEY ARE NOT THE SAME... LOL

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