Array of Plots

[dontpanic]

Hi,

would it be possible, instead of declaring plots as

public DataSeries MyPlot1
{
}

public DataSeries MyPlot2
{
}

etc... to use arrays instead? something like

public DataSeries MyPlots[0]
{
}

Then values in plots could be referred to as MyPlots[x][y]

I'm not sure how you would add the plots since they are strings.

Or possibly a dataseries array pointer?


Thanks
Will.

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello Will,

Thank you for your post.

Plots will need to be DataSeries to represent a value per bar. If you need multiple dimensions, why not use multiple plots instead?

[dontpanic]

Because, when referring to these plots from another indicator it makes it much easier to refer to an array of dataseries, rather than coding a switch statement to determine which plot to refer to.

[koganam]

Because, when referring to these plots from another indicator it makes it much easier to refer to an array of dataseries, rather than coding a switch statement to determine which plot to refer to.

The Plots are already a collection. Maybe I misunderstand?

[dontpanic]

or maybe I'm misunderstanding...

if I have 2 plots in my chart, say MyPlot0 and MyPlot1 I refer to their respective values as MyPlot0[x] and MyPlot1[y].

I want to be able to refer to them as MyPlots[0][x] and MyPlots[1][y]

[koganam]

or maybe I'm misunderstanding...

if I have 2 plots in my chart, say MyPlot0 and MyPlot1 I refer to their respective values as MyPlot0[x] and MyPlot1[y].

Those are not Plots: they are indexed values of the Plots; doubles.

I want to be able to refer to them as MyPlots[0][x] and MyPlots[1][y]

Plots are already a collection.

The first defined Plot is Plots[0];
The second defined Plot is Plots[1] et.c.

So refer to the Plots collection directly. That collection already exists. There is no MyPlots collection, so that syntax is wrong.

[dontpanic]

Perfect,

I'll give that a go.

[dontpanic]

But can I access plot values from Plots[]?

If I want to access the value of Plots[0] at 5 bars ago, how would I do that? I can't write Plots[0][5] and there are no other properties or methods that I can see to do it.

hmmm.... would that be GetValue? something like Plots.GetValue(0,5)?

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello dontpanic,

Thank you for your response.

Use Values[0][x]. Please refer to the following link for information on Values: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...nt7/values.htm

[dontpanic]

Got it thanks.