SendMail() - Quick question: Format Text in rows/paragraphs?

[cNuuuuuu]

Hey guys,

I am using the Sendmail() function and everything works as it should.

As I am sending diverse informations, I would like to know if it possible to break the text into new rows/paragraphs (or format it) to make it look more organized.
With the current code, the information is send consecutively in one line.

SendMail("[email protected]", "[email protected]", "SYSTEM MONITOR: Attention!", DateTime.Now + " - Instrument: "+Instrument.FullName+" - Strategy Name: "+this.Name+" - Daily Loss in %: "+ Math.Round(dailyPercentageLoss,4)+" - Opening Net Liquidation Value EUR: "+openingAccountValue+"- Current Net Liquidation Value EUR: "+currentAccountValue+" - Daily Loss in EUR: "+dailyAccountLoss);

I am thankful for your help

Best wishes
cNuuuuuu

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello,

Thank you for the question.

NinjaScript or C# strings comply to escaped characters so there are a couple of ways to add a new line.

The most simple is to escape an n character which means new line here is a simple example:

string testString = "first line \n second line \n third line";

This should output in the email :
first line
second line
third line

Here is a full list of escapes: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/h21280bw.aspx

if you find escaping does not work (output window) you can also use the NewLine like so:

string testString = "first line " + Environment.NewLine + " second line " + Environment.NewLine + " third line";
Print(testString);

Please let me know if I may be of additional assistance.

[cNuuuuuu]

Thanks Jesse, I'll implement your solutions tomorrow!
But that's exactly what I was searching for

[cNuuuuuu]

Thanks Jesse, "new line" works as it should

In this context I came up with two other quick questions:

1. What is the difference (if any) between Print(value) and Print(value.ToString())?
Is toString() less prone to errors?!

2. I am using the SendMail() function in case my account suffers a certain loss.
When trading this strategy code with 10 different instruments, I now receive 10 times the same Mail at the same time. How can I avoid this?
Implementing the SendMail() function to only to one instrument does not seem appropriate, for instance if the strategy/instrument has an error or due to different market opening hours. Is there something like a "Master-Level" where strategies of different instruments can communicate with each other?!

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello,

Thank you for the question.

ToString is only needed if you get an error in the Print() method or if you are trying to convert an object to a string. Print has overloads for a double, bool, int and DateTime so it would automatically make these into a string.

A case that you would need to use this would be if you wanted to print an enum for example like the following:

Print(Position.MarketPosition);

This would not work but this would:

Print(Position.MarketPosition.ToString());

For your second question, it sounds like essentially you are trying to make a collection of all 10 prints in one email. For this there would not really be any supported method or way of doing this as there is not a way to make the scripts communicate with each other.

You could in theory write all of this information to a file and send that file every X amount of time but that would require some C# that would not really be supported so I couldn't help you there.

I look forward to being of further assistance.

[cNuuuuuu]

ahh okay, thank you very much for your detailed explanation