dingo - as you see there is already string on the front of the numbers.. internally everything is a string "NG2200504"..so this is why I have no idea how the 2,200,504 I still being created..
anyway I tried your suggestion and added "XY"+ ThisContractNameIn and I got the following- pic attached.. On 7/20/06, dingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think you read my solution carefully. I didn't just add a 0. > > I moved the variable to the left of the comma: "Contract (IN) " + > ThisContractNameIn and replaced it with a 0. > > Only Tomasz decides if somethings a bug or a "feature" but I'd suggest you > put in an "enhancement" request at the feedback center: > http://www.amibroker.com/feedback/index.php > > Please try what I suggested and lemme know what happened. > > d > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of PKJR > > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 7:29 AM > > To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: Re: [amibroker] formatting columns? > > > > dingo - thank you for your help. I tried adding 0 but I see > > no changes in the output column.. could this be qualified as a bug? > > > > > > pr > > > > > > On 7/19/06, dingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I would seem that Amibroker is expeing the argument ( in this case > > > ThisContractNameIn ) to be numeric (variant). > > > > > > Try this AddCustomMetric("Contract (IN) " + ThisContractNameIn, 0); > > > > > > What I'm trying to do is make the variable part of the title. > > > > > > From the Porfolio Backtester Interface Reference Guide: > > > > > > bool AddCustomMetric( string Title, variant Value, > > [optional] variant > > > LongOnlyValue, [optional] variant ShortOnlyValue , > > [optional] variant > > > DecPlaces = 2 ) > > > > > > This method adds custom metric to the backtest report, > > backtest "summary" > > > and optimization result list. Title is a name of the metric to be > > > displayed in the report, Value is the value of the metric, optional > > > arguments LongOnlyValue, ShortOnlyValue allow to provide values for > > > additional long/short-only columns in the backtest report. Last > > > argument DecPlaces controls how many decimal places should > > be used to display the value. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of PKJR > > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 9:08 PM > > > > To: amibroker@yahoogroups.com > > > > Subject: [amibroker] formatting columns? > > > > > > > > H9i All: > > > > > > > > I have a problem with formatting columns in backtester. > > As you can > > > > see my contract names are in the format NG2200007.. > > > > and the TRACE shows the name correctly, however, when > > they are being > > > > added to the custom metrics in the backtester the values > > are being > > > > formatted for some reason. NG2,200,306. how can I avoid it? > > > > > > > > using: AddCustomMetric("Contract (IN)", ThisContractNameIn); > > > > > > > > tks > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! 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