timeframe instruction inside an if block

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  • 10/13/2020 at 2:56 PM #147300 quote
    pableitor
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    I’d like to use the timeframe(n) instruction inside an if  block, like the code below but it throws an error:

    htf=1
if htf then
timeframe(15mn)
x = ExponentialAverage[9](close)
endif

    Is there any workaround ?

    Thx

    10/13/2020 at 3:22 PM #147306 quote
    robertogozzi
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    It’s not allowed.

    TIMEFRAME must be used outside IF…ENDIF as well as outside iterations and the number and type of units (minute, hours,….) CANNOT be a variable.

    10/13/2020 at 4:56 PM #147323 quote
    pableitor
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    OK ,  there’s an easy workaround:

    htf = 1 //flag
timeframe(15mn)
y = ExponentialAverage[9](close)
timeframe(default)
if htf then
x = y
endif
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    10/13/2020 at 5:17 PM #147332 quote
    robertogozzi
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    Correct!

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    10/13/2020 at 6:56 PM #147340 quote
    GraHal
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    Link to above logged as 254 here …

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