using 'while'

[Rigsby66]

It seems that if I use a 'while' loop in the OnBarUpdate(), I get a crash....

Any comments?

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

Hi Rigsby, there could be many, many reasons for a while loop to crash. Can you please post the code that is causing it?

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

It seems that if I use a 'while' loop in the OnBarUpdate(), I get a crash....

Any comments?

Could it be that your while loop never exits and causes an infinite loop?

For example:

int myInt = 5;
while (myInt == 5)
// Do something

[Rigsby66]

Could it be that your while loop never exits and causes an infinite loop?

For example:

int myInt = 5;
while (myInt == 5)
// Do something

Well, if for example I use:

while (Stochastics(7, 14, 3).D[0] < 50)
{
Print(Stochastics(7, 14, 3).D[0]);
}

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

Rigsby, the code you posted would definitely cause an infinite loop and crash NinjaTrader because the loop doesn't have an exit.

[Rigsby66]

Rigsby, the code you posted would definitely cause an infinite loop and crash NinjaTrader because the loop doesn't have an exit.

Well, I know that because as I already said Ninja crashes when I do it.

The point is that there is an exit. The exit should be when the stochastics go >=50. This is the point of a while statement. It checks for a condition until it is met.... So I guess I need to do a while but grab the stochastics myself in each loop as this is obviously not happening otherwise..

Maybe I need to add that I am not a trader and am not a C# programmer... I am a C programmer who has lost his way... LOL

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

Well, I know that because as I already said Ninja crashes when I do it.

The point is that there is an exit. The exit should be when the stochastics go >=50. This is the point of a while statement. It checks for a condition until it is met.... So I guess I need to do a while but grab the stochastics myself in each loop as this is obviously not happening otherwise..

Maybe I need to add that I am not a trader and am not a C# programmer... I am a C programmer who has lost his way... LOL

The stochastics in each loop will always be the same value since it does not change between the time OnBarUdpate() is called and exited thus you will still have the problem.

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

Rigsby, why won't an if statment work?

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[SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New]// Stochastics are less than 50. do something.[/FONT][/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2]
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[/FONT][/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT]

[Rigsby66]

Rigsby, why won't an if statment work?

[FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]if[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2] (Stochastics([/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080]7[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2], [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080]14[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2], [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080]3[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2]).D[[/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080]0[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2]] < [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080]50[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2])[/SIZE][/FONT]
[SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New]{[/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New]// Stochastics are less than 50. do something.[/FONT][/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT]
[SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New]}[/FONT][/SIZE]
[/FONT][/SIZE]

I was only poking for reactions.... As I said in my firs post, "any comments"....

I guess I am just trying to find a more reliable cycle than OnBarUdpate()

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

I guess I am just trying to find a more reliable cycle than OnBarUdpate()

OnBarUpdate() gets called for each and every tick (if CalculateOnBarClose = false). When OnBarUpdate gets called all indicators and values and such are updated and correct.

Lets take a step back, what do you mean by you want to find a more reliable cycle than OnBarUpdate?

[Rigsby66]

Sorry

Lets take a step back, what do you mean by you want to find a more reliable cycle than OnBarUpdate?

Sorry, reliable is not what I meant... I meant more "kind of everything and not just a bar update" and have now found OnMarketData - so problem solved on that one.

Thanx