PARAMDATE
- add user user-definable date parameter
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Exploration / Indicators
(AFL 2.60) |
| SYNTAX |
ParamDate( ''Name'', ''Default date'', format = 0 ); |
| RETURNS |
NUMBER or STRING |
| FUNCTION |
Adds a new user-definable date parameter, which will be accessible via Parameters dialog :
right click over chart pane and select "Parameters" or press Ctrl+R allows to change chart parameters - changes are reflected immediatelly.
- "name" - defines parameter name that will be displayed in the parameters dialog
- "default date" - is a string holding date in any any format:
YYYY-MM-DD, MM/DD/YY, DD-MM-YY, etc, etc.
- format - defines return value format, allowable values are:
0 - return value is a NUMBER and holds DateNum. Ie: 990503 for May 3, 1999,
1 - return value is a STRING formatted holding date according to your windows regional settings
WARNING: default parameter has to be CONSTANT. This is because these values
are cached and are not re-read during subsequent formula evaluations.
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| EXAMPLE |
start = ParamDate( "Start Date", "2003-05-03" );
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| SEE ALSO |
PARAM() function , PARAMCOLOR() function , PARAMSTR() function , ParamTime() function |
References:
The ParamDate function is used in the following formulas
in AFL on-line library:
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