Screener result – can only be a positive integer?

• 03/17/2020 at 11:23 AM #122316
  robdav

  I think I know the answer to this question but I just wanted to confirm.

  Does a screener result/criteria have to be a positive integer or is there a way to use ASCII characters or anything like that?

  I was trying to return integers prefixed with a minus sign for a short signal and no minus sign for a buy signal but noticed I wasn’t getting any short signals, hence my question.

  Any tips on how to differentiate long v short clearly would be appreciated.

  Thanks

  Rob

  

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  03/17/2020 at 11:51 AM #122317
  robdav

  robdav wrote:

  I think I know the answer to this question but I just wanted to confirm.

  Does a screener result/criteria have to be a positive integer or is there a way to use ASCII characters or anything like that?

  I was trying to return integers prefixed with a minus sign for a short signal and no minus sign for a buy signal but noticed I wasn’t getting any short signals, hence my question.

  Any tips on how to differentiate long v short clearly would be appreciated.

  Thanks

  Rob

  I think I figured out my logic problem but would still welcome any tips!

  

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  03/17/2020 at 12:46 PM #122325
  robertogozzi

  ProScreener does require positive integers, you can use 1 for Long and 2 for short (or whatever else you prefer).

  PRT does not support alphanumeric data type.

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  03/17/2020 at 3:10 PM #122353
  Nicolas

  Sorting criteria doesn’t have to be a positive integer.

  For example:

  SCREENER [signal](signal AS "1=↑/-1=↓")

  1	SCREENER [signal](signal AS "1=↑/-1=↓")

   

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