Screener Output Argument

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07/13/2016 at 5:42 PM #10451 quote
Juzz Me
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It would be great if one of the more experienced coders out there lent me a helping hand.

I have finally managed to put together a screener all by myself. The only thing that I cannot figure out is how to customize the output. Say this is my last line:
```
SCREENER [((c1 AND c2 AND c3 AND c4 AND c5) or (c6 AND c7 AND c8 AND c9 AND c10)) and c11 and c12] (Variation AS "%Chg prev bar")
```
I want the screener to display in the output/screener list a column with the word

– “long” when the first argument is valid, i. e. “c1 AND c2 AND c3… and c12”
– “short” when the second argument is valid, i. e. “c6 AND c7 AND c8…and c12”

Could anyone tell me how I need to modify this?

Thanks so much!
07/13/2016 at 6:43 PM #10453 quote
Nicolas
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The best you can do is to setup a variable with your long or short conditions, like this:
```
//long conditions test
if c1 and c2 and c3 then 
  sort = 1
endif

//short conditions test 
if c4 and c5 and c6 then 
 sort = -1
endif
```
It’s not possible to make string variable, so the result of sort would “1” for long and “-1” for short.

Now for your screener display, you should write it like this :
```
SCREENER [(c1 and c2 and c3) or (c4 and c5 and c6)] (sort as "trade direction")
```
Of course this is an example and you should adapt it to your screener already coded conditions. Please let us know if it’s ok for you.
07/13/2016 at 6:56 PM #10455 quote
Juzz Me
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Nicolas,

Thank you so much for the quick reply! Where would I add the variable – if I put it in the code before the Screener output, the “sort” apparently creates an error message.
```
//long conditions test
if c1 AND c2 AND c3 AND c4 AND c5 and c11 and c12 then 
  sort = 1
endif

//short conditions test 
if c6 AND c7 AND c8 AND c9 AND c10 and c11 and c12 
 sort = -1
endif

SCREENER [((c1 AND c2 AND c3 AND c4 AND c5) or (c6 AND c7 AND c8 AND c9 AND c10)) and c11 and c12] (sort as "trade direction")
```
07/14/2016 at 10:37 AM #10458 quote

Nicolas
Keymaster

Legend

and what is the error message you have?
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