String input variable

[westofpluto]

How do I specify a string as an input variable? For an int I know I can do this:

[NinjaScriptProperty]
[Range(0, int.MaxValue)]
[Display(Name="ExtraTriggerPips", Description="Additional Pips (or ticks for futures) above/below trigger bar to enter", Order=4, GroupName="Parameters")]
public int ExtraTriggerPips
{ get; set; }

But how can I do this for a string?

What I want to do is let the user enter a time in the format 07:30:58 (in other words, HH:MM:SS) and then I want to parse that internally.

How do I do this?

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello westofpluto,

Thanks for your post.

You could use the Strategy Builder to set up a string user-input variable and then click the 'View code' button to see the code that is used to make it. To do so, open a New > Strategy Builder window, navigate to the Inputs and Variables screen, then create a string input in the Inputs section and click the 'View code' button.

The code to create a user-input string would look something like this.

[NinjaScriptProperty]
[Display(Name="MyStringInput", Order=1, GroupName="Parameters")]
public string MyStringInput
{ get; set; }

See this help guide page for more information: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ariablesScreen

Let us know if we may assist further.