Use of unassigned local varriable

[GKonheiser]

Hi I have in my strategy a method. I declare an IOrder and then use it in the body of the method.

IOrder buyOrder;

and then later:-

if( buyOrder != null)
     CancelOrder(buyOrder);

But I am getting the error,

Use of unassigned local variable 'buyOrder'

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

GKonheiser, I would expect that, since the buyOrder would be local defined then only to the method. I would suggest making a class scope variable instead.

[GKonheiser]

Hi Bertrand,

But i am declare the iOrder at the top of the method so i dont understand why buyOrder woudnt have scope? here is the complete method,

private void iceBurger(int size, int maxClip, bool buy, double target, double stop)
	{
	// ** FOR THIS METHOD YOU NEED TO HAVE Unmanaged = true; IN Initialize; **
	
	int i,j;
	int fill = 0;
	int sizeLoop = size;
	int clip = 0;
	IOrder buyOrder, sellOrder, longStop, shortStop, longTarget, shortTarget;
	
	// generate random number object with stop as seed
	Random randClipObject = new Random( Convert.ToInt32(stop));
	
	for( j=0; j <= size; j = j + fill)
	{
		for( i=0; i <= sizeLoop; i=i+clip)
		{
			// generates a random number 
			clip = randClipObject.Next(Math.Min(maxClip+1, sizeLoop+1));
			
			
			if(buy)
			{
				if(GetCurrentAskVolume() < clip)
				{
					buyOrder = SubmitOrder(0, OrderAction.Buy, OrderType.Limit, clip, GetCurrentAsk() + 1*TickSize, 0, "", "buyOrder" );
				}
				
				else
				{
					buyOrder = SubmitOrder(0, OrderAction.Buy, OrderType.Limit, clip, GetCurrentAsk(), 0, "", "buyOrder" );
				}
			}
			
			else if(!buy)
			{
				if(GetCurrentBidVolume() < clip)
				{
					sellOrder = SubmitOrder(0, OrderAction.SellShort, OrderType.Limit, clip, GetCurrentBid() - 1*TickSize, 0, "", "sellOrder" );
				}
				
				else
				{
					sellOrder = SubmitOrder(0, OrderAction.SellShort, OrderType.Limit, clip, GetCurrentBid(), 0, "", "sellOrder" );
				}
			}
		}
		
//		if( buyOrder != null)
//			CancelOrder(buyOrder);
//		
//		if( sellOrder != null)
//			CancelOrder(sellOrder);
		
		fill = Position.Quantity;
		sizeLoop = size - fill;
	}
	
	if(buy)
	{
		longStop = SubmitOrder(0, OrderAction.Sell, OrderType.Stop, Position.Quantity, 0, stop, "long", "Long Stop");
		
		longTarget = SubmitOrder(0, OrderAction.Sell, OrderType.Limit, Position.Quantity, target, 0, "long", "Long Target");
	}
		
	else if(!buy)
	{
		shortStop = SubmitOrder(0, OrderAction.BuyToCover, OrderType.Stop, Position.Quantity, 0, stop, "short", "Short Stop");
		
		shortTarget = SubmitOrder(0, OrderAction.Buy, OrderType.Limit, Position.Quantity, target, 0, "short", "Short Target");
	}
}

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Please try initializing them then directly with a value, i.e.

IOrder buyOrder = null, sellOrder = null, longStop = null, shortStop = null, longTarget = null, shortTarget = null;

[GKonheiser]

that worked