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Displays a text object, consisting of the specified string expression located at the specified bar and specified price value, on the chart that the study is based on.

Text_New returns an object-specific ID number, required to (further) modify the object. 
 
== Usage ==
<syntaxhighlight>Text_New (BarDate, BarTime, PriceValue, "Text")</syntaxhighlight> 

== Parameters ==
:'''BarDate''' - a numerical expression specifying the date of the bar at which the object is to be placed; the date is indicated in the ''YYYMMdd'' format, where YYY is the number of years since 1900, MM is the month, and dd is the day of the month.

:'''BarTime''' - a numerical expression specifying the time of the bar at which the object is to be placed; the time is indicated in the 24-hour ''HHmm'' format, where 1300 = 1:00 PM.

:'''PriceValue''' - a numerical expression specifying the price value (vertical position, corresponding to a value on the price scale of a chart), where the object is to be placed.

:'''Text''' - the string expression to be displayed.
 
== Notes ==
* Use [[Text_New_s]] to place text on a price chart with seconds precision.
* Use [[Text_New_self]] and [[Text_New_self_s]] to place text on a SubChart.

== Example ==
Place, on the chart that the study is based on, the text "UpT" at the top of a bar if the Open price has increased incrementally over the last three bars: 

<syntaxhighlight>If Open > Open[1] And Open[1] > Open[2] Then
   Value1=Text_New(Date, Time, High, "UpT");</syntaxhighlight> 
 
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