Maintain true condition until the condition changes to false

[oldhiker]

I thought that I had posted a question on the above earlier this week, but maybe it did not happen.
I am trying to add to my code such that when a condition changes from false to true, this condition is maintained until some later event causes the condition to change back to false. This is to stop potential trades opening in the opposite direction to my definition of the main trend.
I have tried one menthod that changes when the event occurs, but changes back on the next bar. I cannot get it to stay 'true" for the next unknown number of bars. I think that the "while" idea may be useful, but I cannot find any snippets to help me.
Any information to point me in the productive direction would be most appreciated.

[koganam]

I thought that I had posted a question on the above earlier this week, but maybe it did not happen.
I am trying to add to my code such that when a condition changes from false to true, this condition is maintained until some later event causes the condition to change back to false. This is to stop potential trades opening in the opposite direction to my definition of the main trend.
I have tried one menthod that changes when the event occurs, but changes back on the next bar. I cannot get it to stay 'true" for the next unknown number of bars. I think that the "while" idea may be useful, but I cannot find any snippets to help me.
Any information to point me in the productive direction would be most appreciated.

private ConditionIsTrueFlag = true; //or false, as your initial condition desired

if (!ConditionIsTrue)
{
//Process code for when condition is false
ConditionIsTrueFlag = true;
}

if (ConditionIsTrue)
{
//Process code for when condition is true
ConditionIsTrueFlag = false;
}

if (ConditionIsTrueFlag)
{
//Do stuff for the megabucks
}

Where "ConditionIsTrue" is just a place holder for your conditions to activate/deactivate the flag.

If you need to be able to compare the truth state to that in a previous bar, then you will need to use a BoolSeries instead of a bool variable.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

oldhiker, for what you seek you can look into this reference sample here dealing with user variables, which are the strategy wizard version of bool flags basically - http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/f...ad.php?t=15417

[oldhiker]

Hello Bertrand and koganam,
Thank you for the speedy reply. I have a severe cold/flu, so I will not be able to test the info for a day or two, but it looks good.
I will get back to both when I have tried the coding.
I like the line of code re "megabucks"
I cannot find where to record my "thanks", so I am very pleased to say thanks in this reply.