AddTextColumn wants a single string value, not a bar by bar array of strings. So, I think you're out of luck.
For automating your exploration, others in this forum often mention AutoIt. I've never looked at it. But, maybe it would help you. Mike --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Radek Simcik <radek.sim...@...> wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > first of all thank you for your answers! Please find my comments below. > > The rest of you answer need more reading and experimenting. ;-) > > Radek > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Mike <sfclimb...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Radek Simcik <radek.simcik@> wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I am new to AmiBroker so my questions might have simple answers but I have > > > not found them anywhere ... > > > > > > 1) Can I add text column to the exploration result based on the value > > > either > > > of buy/short. Something like > > > AddTextColumn( WriteIf(Buy, "Buy", "Short"), "Buy/Short", 1.10, > > > colorDefault, colorDefault,100); Writeif doesn't work and it seems to me > > > that I cannot use IIF for text. > > > > From: http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/index.php?s=addtextcolumn > > > > AddColumn( IIf( Buy, Asc("B"), Asc("S")), "Signal", formatChar ); > > I found that and it is working I wanted to know if I can use whole > word "Buy/Sell". And it seems to me that I cannot. Although I cannot > see why not IIF is for an arrays and writeif for single variable. It > looks like an array element cannot be text, just a number value. > > > > > > 3) Can I have an exploration like: Give me 10 stocks with highest H-O ??? > > > I > > > do not want to make a scan where I calculate H-O, display all stocks and > > > then sort them in the result window. Let's say I want to save the result > > > as > > > a watch list. But I am interested only in 10 of them. > > > > It's possible, but complicated and takes a long time to complete since you > > effectively have to sort at ever symbol iteration. It would be *much* > > easier to run the scan, sort by hand and then just add the top 10 to a > > watchlist. > > I thought I would use this Top10 feature in case I want use just this > Top10 for next exploration/backtesting. So I need to save it as a > watch list and then I can use it. I do know it has a solution, I was > just looking for something that could be automated. >
