Simplifying Code

[zeller4]

Hello,
Please help me find a method to minimize amount of code required to check the distance of a price bar to an EMA, 21 in this case. I'm checking the "closeness" of the High to the EMA in case I'm below it, then the Low if I'm above it, then the Close if my High and Lows are straddling the EMA, then checking which one is the least amount of distance to the EMA. (If I understand correctly, Math.Min only allows checking of two parameters)

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[SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New][COLOR=#008000]//distanceTo21a = Math.Round(Math.Abs(High[0] - EMA(21)[0])*10);[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New][COLOR=#008000]// distanceTo21b = Math.Round(Math.Abs(Low[0] - EMA(21)[0])*10);[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New][COLOR=#008000]// distanceTo21c = Math.Round(Math.Abs(Close[0] - EMA(21)[0])*10);[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New][COLOR=#008000]// distanceTo21MinAB = Math.Min(distanceTo21a,distanceTo21b);[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][FONT=Courier New][COLOR=#008000]// distanceTo21Min = Math.Min(distanceTo21MinAB,distanceTo21c);[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
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thanks for your help.
Kirk

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

There is not much consolidation you can do. It takes you four sentences in english to say what you want to do. Your code is 5 lines.

The only thing you can achieve is to reduce your code by one line by cascading your Math.Min() together.

Math.Min(a, Math.Min(b, c));

[zeller4]

okay, thanks