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PlotPaintBar

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PlotPaintBar plot can be superimposed on top of one or more bars of a bar chart, effectively "painting" the bars.
==== Usage ====
<syntaxhighlight>PlotPaintBar (BarHigh, BarLow, BarOpen, BarClose <,"PlotName"<,PlotColor <,Default <,LineWidth >>>>)</syntaxhighlight>
Parameters inside the angled brackets are optional .
==== Parameters ==== [[BarHigh, BarLow, BarOpen, BarClose]] - numerical expressions specifying the High, Low, Open, & Close prices for the bars to be plotted; at least two of these parameters are required
[[PlotName]] :'''BarHigh''', '''BarLow''', '''BarOpen''', '''BarClose''' - an optional parameternumerical expressions specifying the High, Low, Open, & Close prices for the bars to be plotted; assigns a name to the plot at least two of these parameters are required.
[[PlotColor]] :'''PlotName''' - an optional parameter; specifies the plot color Plot color can be specified by a numerical expression representing an RGB color number or assigns a legacy color value, by one of 17 base color words, or by the word [[Default]] name to specify the color chosen by the user. In order for [[PlotColor]] to be used, [[PlotName]] parameter must also be usedplot.
[[Default]] :'''PlotColor''' - an optional parameter reserved for future use; should specifies the plot color. Plot color can be specified as by a numerical expression representing an RGB color number or a [[Default;LegacyColorValue|legacy color value]] use , by one of this parameter is required in order for 17 [[LineWidth:Category:Colors|base color words]] , or by the word '''Default''' to specify the color chosen by the user. In order for PlotColor to be used, the '''PlotName''' parameter must also be used .
[[:'''Default''' - an optional parameter reserved for future use; should be specified as '''Default;''' use of this parameter is required in order for '''LineWidth''' to be used. :'''LineWidth]] ''' - an optional parameter; specifies the plot line width, ranging from 1 to 14. Plot line width can be specified as a numerical expression or by the word [['''Default]] ''' to specify the line width chosen by the user. In order for [[LineWidth]] to be used, [['''PlotName''', '''PlotColor''',]] and [['''Default]] ''' parameters must also be used.
==== Notes ====
<syntaxhighlight>PlotPaintBar(BarHigh,BarLow,BarOpen,BarClose);</syntaxhighlight>
Plot4(BarClose);</syntaxhighlight>
 In order for the PlotPaintBar plot to be displayed in the form of a bar chart, the plot type for each Plot must be set, in the Style section of the General tab of the [[Indicator_Settings|Format Indicator ]] window, to Bar High, Bar Low, Left Tick, and Right Tick, respectively.
==== Example ====
Paint red these bars of an OHLC chart for which the Open price is less then the Open price of the previous bar:
<syntaxhighlight>If Open<Open[1] Then
PlotPaintBar(High,Low,Open,Close,"",Red);</syntaxhighlight>  
[[Category:Plotting]]

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