can I "execute" a string?

[cre8able]

is there a way to convert a string to an executable function (probably wrong terminology)

what I want to do is read in a string from an external file, like

string indicatorLookup = "tdMAs().SMA50UpDown[0]";

then "execute" that code in the a function like

plotBlock(x, indicatorLookup); and have it replace indicatorLookup with tdMAs().SMA50UpDown[0],but as a function, not a string

I basically need "execute a string"

is this possible?


here is the code where I use it.
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protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
int x = 0;

plotBlock(x, tdMAs().SMA50UpDown[0]); x++;
plotBlock(x, tdHA().HADirection[0]); x++;
plotBlock(x, tdHA().HADirection[0]); x++;
plotBlock(x, tdLRC().insideLRC[0]); x++;
plotBlock(x, tdCycle().KUpDown[0]); x++;
plotBlock(x, tdCycle().DUpDown[0]); x++;
plotBlock(x, tdCycle().SFUpDown[0]); x++;
plotBlock(x, tdCycle().DHighLow[0]); x++;
plotBlock(x, tdCycle().KHighLow[0]); x++;
plotBlock(x, tdMOM().MOMUpDown[0]); x++;
plotBlock(x, tdMOM().MOMUpDown[0]); x++;
plotBlock(x, tdOBVM().OBVUpDown[0]); x++;
plotBlock(x, tdCMF().CMFUpDown[0]); x++;
plotBlock(x, tdOBVM().OBVAboveSignal[0]); x++;

}

private void plotBlock(int x, int status)
{
if(Convert.ToInt16(scoreArray[Convert.ToInt16(chartPeriod),x]) > 0)
{
Values[x][0] = arrayLength - x;
GetDotColor(x, status);
}
}

[bltdavid]

Anything is possible ... but with this particular request
you'll find very little builtin support in NinjaScript.

I suspect you'll need to write the code to parse and
execute the string yourself ...

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello crea8able,

Thank you for your post.

You could consider using a StreamReader to read the strings from a file, however, parsing the retrieved string to have it execute a function would be outside the scope of what we would be able to support, bltdavid is correct there.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/using_streamreader_to_read_fro.htm

I'll leave this open in case one of our users has some guidance they can share.

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance to you.