If statement as variable

[shaihulud]

Hi there...

I´m new to programming indicators in NT. Studied the tutorials but still have an open question.

double longtrigger = Open[0]+(ATR(ATRPeriods)[1]*Trigger);
double shorttrigger = Open[0]-(ATR(ATRPeriods)[1]*Trigger);

This works fine and I can display the results on the chart. But how is it possible to define variables with if statements ?

If(High[0] >= longtrigger[0] and Low[0] <= shorttrigger[0], -1, 0)

Thank you...

[VTtrader]

Shaihulud,

Frist of all, you have defined longtrigger and shorttrigger as doubles as opposed to DataSeries, so you can't apply indexing to them. Second "and" should be &&. And third, I'm not sure what -1 and 0 are for. If they are the values assigned to a variable when the if statement is true, then you would have to assign them to a variable, similar to below.

 
if (High[0] >= longtrigger && Low[0] <= shortrigger) 
     MyVariable = -1;
else
     MyVariable = 0;

Hope this helps.

VT

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

Hi there...

I´m new to programming indicators in NT. Studied the tutorials but still have an open question.

double longtrigger = Open[0]+(ATR(ATRPeriods)[1]*Trigger);
double shorttrigger = Open[0]-(ATR(ATRPeriods)[1]*Trigger);

This works fine and I can display the results on the chart. But how is it possible to define variables with if statements ?

If(High[0] >= longtrigger[0] and Low[0] <= shorttrigger[0], -1, 0)

Thank you...

shaihulud, you could do something like this:

double longtrigger = Open[0]+(ATR(ATRPeriods)[1]*Trigger);
double shorttrigger = Open[0]-(ATR(ATRPeriods)[1]*Trigger);

if (High[0] >= longtrigger && Low[0] <= shorttrigger)
    yourVariable = -1;
else
    yourVariable = 0;