Variables with String data

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02/06/2018 at 7:07 PM #61770 quote

Patrik Borg
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Junior

Hi,

I’ve searched around manuals and this forum, and I fail to find an answer. Not finding how to do it, neither finding a confirmation that it’s not possible. So I turn to all you guys here for help.

Is there a way to get a variable to hold a text string?

I wrapped up some very simple example code. (just a sample to visualize my question, not an idea for a good scanner 😉

With the bellow scanner, I would get a column in the proscreener window with the name “Bull or Bear”, and in the column the number 1 or 2 would show.

Is there a way to get the variable “varBullOrBear” to hold a text string instead? I many other programming scenarios I would use varBullOrBear = “Bull”, and so forth, but it doesn’t seem to work in this language.

I would like to display text info in the column in Proscreener instead of a number. Is it possible, if so, how?

thanks in advance

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condition1 = Average[100](close) > Average[200](close)
condition2 = Average[100](close) < Average[200](close)

if condition1 then
varBullOrBear = 1
endif

if condition2 then
varBullOrBear = 2
endif

screener [condition1 or condition2] (varBullOrBear as “Bull or Bear”)

02/06/2018 at 7:22 PM #61773 quote

Nicolas
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The way you have coded your screener is the best way to handle the 2 different results you look for. Variables can’t be text strings, only numbers.

02/06/2018 at 7:28 PM #61776 quote

Patrik Borg
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Junior

Thank for the very quick response!

Even though it wasn’t the answer I wished for, I accept the limitation. 🙂

02/13/2018 at 8:43 PM #62657 quote

Patrik Borg
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Junior

A follow-up question using the same example above. I didn’t find any answer in the programming guide.

Using the above example the sorting will always be high to low. Let’s say that I value the result “1” higher than “2”, then I obviously would like to show the 1’s on top of the list. Is there a way to reverse the sorting?

thanks in advance

02/14/2018 at 10:56 AM #62694 quote
Nicolas
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To change the sorting you can:
- modify your sorting criteria with any variable values
- change the sorting order with the dedicated button in the proscreener window (right below the timeframe selection)
02/14/2018 at 11:19 AM #62707 quote

Patrik Borg
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Junior

Hi,

I was more looking for a code way of doing it. You might have more than one scanner with different preferences, then it would be nice to be able to do it from the code.

02/14/2018 at 11:25 AM #62710 quote

Nicolas
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Well, sorting is only based on ascending or descending numeric value. You can also separate your screener into 2 different ones: a bullish one and a bearish one.
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