Read Last Row From File with EL Collections  [SOLVED]

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Read Last Row From File with EL Collections

Postby Parker » 25 Jun 2018

Does anyone know how to read the last row from a file with EL Collections?

I am reading in a standard csv file. I have managed to figure out how to point at certain row numbers. But what happens if you don't know how many records are in the file. There is no end of file marker in my data. I have tried to use while loops but I can't get anything to work successfully. There must be a simple way of doing it that I have missed.

Here is my code (pointing at row 2 of the file):

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if CurrentBar = 1 then Begin

ListC_ID = ListC.new;
Value1 = ListC.ReadFile(ListC_ID,Filename);

//virtual column names
Date_ID = ListC.Get(ListC_ID,1);
Time_ID = ListC.Get(ListC_ID,2);
Strategy_ID = ListC.Get(ListC_ID,3);
MP_ID = ListC.Get(ListC_ID,7);
mContracts_ID = ListC.Get(ListC_ID,8);


//read rows
Date_ = ListS.Get(Date_ID,2 );
Time_ = ListS.Get(Time_ID,2 );
Strategy_ = ListS.Get(Strategy_ID,2 );
MP_ = ListS.Get(MP_ID,2 );
mContracts_ = ListS.Get(mContracts_ID,2 );

Print("Date_=",Date_," | Time_=",Time_," | MP_=",MP_," | mContracts_=",mContracts_);

ListC.Clear(ListC_ID);

END;

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Re: Read Last Row From File with EL Collections

Postby ABC » 26 Jun 2018

Hi Parker,

since you have the entire file in lists already, you can use ListX.Count (where X is the type of list) to determine the size of a list and then read the specific entry.

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ABC

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Re: Read Last Row From File with EL Collections  [SOLVED]

Postby Parker » 26 Jun 2018

Hi ABC,

Thanks yes this has worked great.

This has actually also helped me to understand better what the code is doing. I ran ListX.Count on the ListC_ID variable which gives the number of columns. Then ran it Date_ID and it gives me the number of records. I had adapted this code from some forum posts but now I am clear that it reads in the columns into the first list and then the values into each list one for each column.

Thanks.


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