Absolute Value problem

[RyanR]

I am trying to determine the absolute value of the current close and can not get the function to work using:

cLine = (Math.Abs(Close[0]));
Print ("Bar="+CurrentBar+ "Cline="+cLine);

The value printed for cLine is the bars closing price say 56.54 instead of 56

Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong?

Ryan

[sledge]

Absolute Value returns the positive of a #.

It doesn't round or truncate, which is probably what you are looking for.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_value

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Ryan, from your example then what you want to use is Math.Truncate instead. Then you don't have to deal with rounding modes, but just keep the integer part.

[ninZa]

I am trying to determine the absolute value of the current close and can not get the function to work using:

cLine = (Math.Abs(Close[0]));
Print ("Bar="+CurrentBar+ "Cline="+cLine);

The value printed for cLine is the bars closing price say 56.54 instead of 56

Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong?

Ryan

The raw value is 56.54.

If you want cLine to be 56 (the integer part) --> use Math.Truncate(Close[0]);
If you want cLine to be 57 (the nearest integer) --> use Convert.ToInt32(Close[0]);

Thanks.
Pi

[RyanR]

Thanks for the replies...I knew it was something obviously wrong...like the wrong function!!!
Note to self...No coding without sleep!

Ryan