Day of week variable

[raefon72]

Hi Guys,

I have got a copy of C# 2010 for dummies and am making an effort to do this myself. But I am short of time so am asking for some help to improve a strategy. I want to define a day of the week from a variable entry. I have set a variable int as zdaynot ( day not to trade ) numbered 1 to 6 and am trying to convert it to a string zdow
that has been set as a default of "na". But I am unsure on my if statement and conversion of the string.

Thanks Raef


&& (Zdaynot == 1)
{Zdow = "Monday"};
&& (Zdaynot == 2)
{Zdow = "Tuesday"};
&& (Zdaynot == 3)
{Zdow = "Wednesday"};
&& (Zdaynot == 4)
{Zdow = "Thursday"};
&& (Zdaynot == 5)
{Zdow = "Friday"};
&& (Zdaynot == 6)
{Zdow = "Saturday"};

Time[0].DayOfWeek.ToString != (Zdow);

[sledge]

I don't think this is valid:

{Zdow = "Monday"};

I think you need something like:

{Zdow = new String ("Monday")};


I haven't tested this out. But I think it is your issue.
I can't find any examples of assignment like that.

http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Working_with_Strings_in_C_Sharp

This might help some more:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6236569/string-assignment-in-c-sharp

[raefon72]

thanks that looks better I will view those sites as well.


Thanks

[koganam]

At first glance that seems correct except for your cast to string.

Time[0].DayOfWeek.ToString != (Zdow);

That should be

Time[0].DayOfWeek.ToString[B][COLOR=Red]()[/COLOR][/B] != (Zdow);

(notice the brackets, in red).

[sledge]

DayOfWeek in ninja help also has some information that could help you to shortcut


DayOfWeek



Definition
The day of the week of the current bar accessed through the Time property.

Property Value
A DayOfWeek type such as:
DayOfWeek.Monday
DayOfWeek.Tuesday
DayOfWeek.Wednesday
DayOfWeek.Thursday
DayOfWeek.Friday
DayOfWeek.Saturday
DayOfWeek.Sunday

Syntax
Time[int barsAgo].DayOfWeek


Examples

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
// If it's Monday, do not trade.
if (Time[0].DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Monday)
return;
}

Hi Guys,

I have got a copy of C# 2010 for dummies and am making an effort to do this myself. But I am short of time so am asking for some help to improve a strategy. I want to define a day of the week from a variable entry. I have set a variable int as zdaynot ( day not to trade ) numbered 1 to 6 and am trying to convert it to a string zdow
that has been set as a default of "na". But I am unsure on my if statement and conversion of the string.

Thanks Raef


&& (Zdaynot == 1)
{Zdow = "Monday"};
&& (Zdaynot == 2)
{Zdow = "Tuesday"};
&& (Zdaynot == 3)
{Zdow = "Wednesday"};
&& (Zdaynot == 4)
{Zdow = "Thursday"};
&& (Zdaynot == 5)
{Zdow = "Friday"};
&& (Zdaynot == 6)
{Zdow = "Saturday"};

c.ToString != (Zdow);

[raefon72]

I may have used an incorrect string or somthing I am unsure where I have gone wrong. I had to delete and start from the beginning because the compiler stopped me from working on other stuff.

Thanks Raef

// Condition set 1
if (Notrade1 == 1)
{
string DayA = new String("Monday");
}
if (Notrade1 == 2)
{
string DayA = new String("Tuesday");
}

if (CrossAbove(EMA(Emafast), EMA(Emaslow), 1)
&& Time[0].DayOfWeek.ToString() != (DayA))
{
EnterLong(DefaultQuantity, "");
}

{
EnterLong(DefaultQuantity, "");
}

[raefon72]

I tried this also

if (CrossAbove(EMA(Emafast), EMA(Emaslow), 1)
&& Time[0].DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.ToString != (DayA)

[raefon72]

Got a final result for variable Day of week.

I have cut the parts out of the script I believe its all here.
Full strategy here http://www.raefontrading.com/strateg...-day-strategy/

 
private string dayOWstring = "Monday"; // Set day of week.
private bool dayOWon = false; // Have DayOW filter off by default.
private int dayOW = 1; // Sets a variable for Day of week 1 is Monday
 
 
protected override void OnBarUpdate()
 
{
if (dayOW == 1){dayOWstring = "Monday";}
if (dayOW == 2){dayOWstring = "Tuesday";}
if (dayOW == 3){dayOWstring = "Wednesday";}
if (dayOW == 4){dayOWstring = "Thursday";}
if (dayOW == 5){dayOWstring = "Friday";}
if (dayOW == 6){dayOWstring = "Saturday";}
if (dayOW == 7){dayOWstring = "Sunday";}
if (dayOW > 7){dayOWstring = "Sunday";}
 
 
if(dayOWon == true
&& Time[0].DayOfWeek.ToString() == (dayOWstring)
)
{
 
}
}
 
[Description("")]
[GridCategory("Parameters")]
public int DayOW
{
get { return dayOW; }
set { dayOW = Math.Max(1, value); }
}
[Description("")]
[GridCategory("Parameters")]
public bool DayOWon
{
get { return dayOWon; }
set { dayOWon = value; }
}