String form of Period Type

[zoltran]

I'd like to form a string with the current period type and interval
Such as 'YM 1207 Volume 500'

I can get the interval with BarsPeriod.Value
What's the best way to get the Period type . in a form that can be printed?

tia

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

Print(BarsPeriod.Id.ToString());

[zoltran]

Thanks Ray
Unfortunately, that returns a "BarsPeriod does not exist in the current context" error.

NT 6.5 B4

[NinjaTrader_Dierk]

It's always to a good idea to mention the context in which you are raising your question:
- strategy: Rays' post applies
- indicator: try Bars.Period.Id (does not work in Initialize)

[zoltran]

Arg.. My apologies. I will do that in the future.

For others, here is the complete code to form the string "Instrument Type Period"

This is very useful in alerts, where you have an alerting indicator applied to different charts.

string iname = Instrument.FullName+ " " + Bars.Period.Id.ToString() + " " + Bars.Period.Value.ToString() ;

Produces output like this -> " YM 12-07 Range 10 "