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BarStatus

319 bytes added, 18:25, 12 August 2014
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Returns a numerical value, indicating the status of the most recent tick in the current bar of the specified data series.
 A value of 0 indicates that the tick is the opening tick of the bar, 1 indicates that the tick is within the bar, and 2 indicates that the tick is the closing tick of the bar. =='''[[AllowSendOrdersAlways|AllowSendOrdersAlways]]''' set to True allows order generation even when barstatus is not defined (-1 will be returned). == Usage ====
<syntaxhighlight>BarStatus(DataNum)</syntaxhighlight>
Where: [[ :'''DataNum]] ''' - a numerical expression specifying the data number of the series . If DataNum is not specified, a value for the current data series will be returned.
If [[DataNum]] is not specified, == Example ==<syntaxhighlight>BarStatus(1)</syntaxhighlight>Will return a value for of 2 if the current tick in the data series [[will]] be returnedwith the data number 1 is the closing tick of a bar.
==== Example ====<syntaxhighlight>if BarStatus(1)will return a value of = 2 if the current tick in the data series with the data thennumber 1 Print("This is the closing tick of a the bar.");</syntaxhighlight> Will print the specified message on the last tick of the current bar.
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