Referencing the selected timeframe in code

• 11/15/2021 at 2:15 PM #181628
  Philstrading

  I don’t think there is, but is there a way to reference the selected timeframe (default timeframe) so that it can be referred to in hard code?

  this isn’t logical code its to portray the logic.

  Hope that makes sense.. I did submit it to PRT as a suggestion…. Can’t see an obvious reference to it anywhere but still looking… Cheers

  If timeframe (default)=(3 mins) then timeframe (3 mins) "hard code" Timeframe (15 mins) "hard code" timeframe (hourly) "hard code" endif If timeframe (default)=(15 mins)then timeframe (15 mins) "hard code" Timeframe (1 hour) "hard code" timeframe (4 hours) "hard code" If timeframe (default)=(1 hour) then timeframe (1 hour) "hard code" Timeframe (8 hour) "hard code" timeframe (daily) "hard code" endif timeframe (default) return "my selection"

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  If timeframe (default)=(3 mins) then timeframe (3 mins) "hard code" Timeframe (15 mins) "hard code" timeframe (hourly) "hard code" endif   If timeframe (default)=(15 mins)then timeframe (15 mins) "hard code" Timeframe (1 hour) "hard code" timeframe (4 hours) "hard code"   If timeframe (default)=(1 hour) then timeframe (1 hour) "hard code" Timeframe (8 hour) "hard code" timeframe (daily) "hard code" endif   timeframe (default) return "my selection"

  

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  11/15/2021 at 3:21 PM #181629
  Philstrading

  I’m currently coding variables for gettimeframe with different called indicators as a possible way around it, but haven’t finished that yet,think it may be feasible, just wondering if there is a snippet of code I don’t know about.. I’m optimistic about the called version

  

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  11/18/2021 at 8:25 AM #181767
  Philstrading

  Ok, it wasn’t particualarly logical how PRT allows that to me but it’s sorted now, easy when you know how… reference the “named fields” in the call lines…

  

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  08/21/2022 at 9:54 AM #199323
  Nick, The Tall Guy

  Hi. I’ve got exactly the same problem, but can’t figure out a solution. Any chance you could post a code snippet to show how you solved it. Thanks

  

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  08/21/2022 at 10:36 AM #199326
  robertogozzi

  This is an indicator to display the current TF on the chart. Its purpose is to show how to detect the current default TF:

  /* GetTimeFrame returns the number of seconds in the selected Timeframe: 60 = 1 minute 300 = 5 minutes 3600 = 1 hour 14400 = 4 hours 86400 = 1 day (24 hours) 604800 = 1 week (7 days) 2592000 = 1 month (30 days) 31536000 = 1 year (365 days) -1 = default TF (or non time-based TF) this indicator returns two values (commented out as it plots text) TF = 0 seconds TF = 1 minutes TF = 2 hours TF = 3 days TF = 4 weeks TF = 5 months TF = 6 years N = number of units */ DEFPARAM DrawOnlastBarOnly = true ShiftText = 1 Rge = high + averagetruerange[2](close) / 0.4 / ShiftText / 1 // x = GetTimeFrame IF (x MOD 60) <> 0 THEN TF = 0 //TF = seconds N = x //N = number of seconds DRAWTEXT("#N# Sec", BarIndex,Rge,SansSerif,Standard,18) COLOURED(20,150,150,255) ELSE IF x >= 31536000 THEN TF = 6 //TF = years N = floor(x / 31536000,0) //N = number of years DRAWTEXT("#N# Yrs", BarIndex,Rge,SansSerif,Standard,18) COLOURED(20,150,150,255) ELSIF x >= 2592000 THEN TF = 5 //TF = months N = floor(x / 2592000,0) //N = number of months DRAWTEXT("#N# Mth", BarIndex,Rge,SansSerif,Standard,18) COLOURED(20,150,150,255) ELSIF x >= 604800 THEN TF = 4 //TF = weeks N = floor(x / 604800,0) //N = number of weeks DRAWTEXT("#N# wks", BarIndex,Rge,SansSerif,Standard,18) COLOURED(20,150,150,255) ELSIF x >= 86400 THEN TF = 3 //TF = days N = floor(x / 86400,0) //N = number of days DRAWTEXT("#N# Day", BarIndex,Rge,SansSerif,Standard,18) COLOURED(20,150,150,255) ELSIF x >= 3600 THEN TF = 2 //TF = hours N = floor(x / 3600,0) //N = number of hours DRAWTEXT("#N# hrs", BarIndex,Rge,SansSerif,Standard,18) COLOURED(20,150,150,255) ELSE TF = 1 //TF = minutes N = floor(x / 60,0) //N = number of minutes DRAWTEXT("#N# Min", BarIndex,Rge,SansSerif,Standard,18) COLOURED(20,150,150,255) ENDIF ENDIF RETURN// TF AS "TF",N AS "Units"

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  /*           GetTimeFrame      returns the number of seconds in the selected Timeframe:       60       = 1 minute       300      = 5 minutes       3600     = 1 hour       14400    = 4 hours       86400    = 1 day    (24 hours)       604800   = 1 week   (7  days)       2592000  = 1 month  (30 days)       31536000 = 1 year   (365 days)             -1 = default TF (or non time-based TF)        this indicator returns two values (commented out as it plots text)         TF = 0 seconds       TF = 1 minutes       TF = 2 hours       TF = 3 days       TF = 4 weeks       TF = 5 months       TF = 6 years         N  = number of units */   DEFPARAM DrawOnlastBarOnly = true ShiftText = 1 Rge       = high  + averagetruerange[2](close) / 0.4 / ShiftText / 1 // x = GetTimeFrame IF (x MOD 60) <> 0 THEN    TF = 0                         //TF = seconds    N  = x                         //N  = number of seconds    DRAWTEXT("#N# Sec", BarIndex,Rge,SansSerif,Standard,18) COLOURED(20,150,150,255) ELSE    IF x >= 31536000 THEN       TF = 6                      //TF = years       N  = floor(x / 31536000,0)  //N  = number of years       DRAWTEXT("#N# Yrs", BarIndex,Rge,SansSerif,Standard,18) COLOURED(20,150,150,255)    ELSIF x >= 2592000 THEN       TF = 5                      //TF = months       N  = floor(x / 2592000,0)   //N  = number of months       DRAWTEXT("#N# Mth", BarIndex,Rge,SansSerif,Standard,18) COLOURED(20,150,150,255)    ELSIF x >= 604800 THEN       TF = 4                      //TF = weeks       N  = floor(x / 604800,0)    //N  = number of weeks       DRAWTEXT("#N# wks", BarIndex,Rge,SansSerif,Standard,18) COLOURED(20,150,150,255)    ELSIF x >= 86400 THEN       TF = 3                      //TF = days       N  = floor(x / 86400,0)     //N  = number of days       DRAWTEXT("#N# Day", BarIndex,Rge,SansSerif,Standard,18) COLOURED(20,150,150,255)    ELSIF x >= 3600 THEN       TF = 2                      //TF = hours       N  = floor(x / 3600,0)      //N  = number of hours       DRAWTEXT("#N# hrs", BarIndex,Rge,SansSerif,Standard,18) COLOURED(20,150,150,255)    ELSE       TF = 1                      //TF = minutes       N  = floor(x / 60,0)        //N  = number of minutes       DRAWTEXT("#N# Min", BarIndex,Rge,SansSerif,Standard,18) COLOURED(20,150,150,255)    ENDIF ENDIF RETURN// TF AS "TF",N AS "Units"

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