Compare absolute values

[2014Michael]

Hello,
In my code I want an absolute (no matter + or -) value of one indicator be not more than one point differ from the absolute value of another indicator.
So I wrote && (SMA1[0] < (VMA1[0] + 1) ).
But sometimes VMA1[0] is higher than SMA1[0] and true will be && (VMA1[0] < (SMA1[0] + 1) ) for the same direction.
What would be the right way to compare absolute values?
Thank you so much.

[eDanny]

Try:
if(Math.Abs(SAM1[0] - VMA1[0]) > 1)
Do Something.

What is 1? 1 point? 1 tick? You need to possibly specify.

[2014Michael]

an absolute (no matter + or -) value of one indicator be not more than one point differ from the absolute value of another indicator.
Anybody knows how to write it?

[eDanny]

You might want to break it down to the smallest movement of the instrument, or Tick size. You might have trouble with the YM where 1 Point = same as 1 Tick movement. CL has 100 Ticks per bar. If you want Points and were using an instrument with a Tick value of .0000001, 1 Point = 10000000 Ticks of movement. If you use Points, use 1 for one point. Using Ticks, 10 Ticks = 10*TickSize.

if(Math.Abs(SAM1[0] - VMA1[0]) < 10 * TickSize)

BTW, 10 Ticks YM = 10 Points
10 Ticks ES = 2.5 Points
10 Ticks CL = .10 (1 Point = $1.00, 10 Ticks = $.10 or 10 cents)

[2014Michael]

Hello eDanny, thank you for reply

If you just read my post, I do not have any troubles. All I want is to compare absolute (mean no + no -) values of two different indicators. And my question is how to write it in the code

[2014Michael]

Your example ( f(Math.Abs(SAM1[0] - VMA1[0]) < 10 * TickSize)) will work fine. But what if VMA is bigger than SMA for the same direction. May you include both cases in one code?

[eDanny]

Depending on which is larger, you will get either a positive or negative answer which you take the absolute value of to always make a positive.