Worked it out Herman... using BarIndex() is the way to do it...
Thanks
--- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, "Rob" <sidharth...@...> wrote:
>
> Yeah I thought of that Herman... problem is I don't know if that element
> where the 4 was will actually contain a 4 or another number... could contain
> a 6 or an 8... etc
>
> Ummm... maybe I'm looking only at a looping solution.
>
> I hate looping.
>
> --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Herman <psytek@> wrote:
> >
> > Perhaps something along this line (untested). Note you look forward
> > from array2, if it finds a 4 four places ahead you substitute a
> > newvalue
> >
> > Array2 = iif( ref( array1), 4) == 4, newvalue, Array2);
> >
> > herman
> >
> > > Hi All,
> >
> > > I seem to have a hit a logic block... not sure why.
> > > Let's say I have the following array,
> >
> > > 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
> >
> > > Now, lets say when I see the number 4, I want to change the value
> > > in another array 4 elements back (yes, the number relates to the
> > > number of elements back I want to change in another array)...
> >
> > > So, the other array goes from all zeros, to...
> >
> > > 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> >
> > > I realize I can do this with looping... is there a simple way to do with
> > > AFL...? (i.e. not looping)
> >
> > > TIA
> >
> >
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