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Created page with "Displays a text object, consisting of the specified string expression located at the specified bar and specified price value, on the SubChart containing the study; returns an ..."
Displays a text object, consisting of the specified string expression located at the specified bar and specified price value, on the SubChart containing the study; returns an object-specific ID number, required to modify the object.

==== Usage ====
<syntaxhighlight>Text_New_self (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

==== Example ====
Place, on the SubChart containing the study, the text "UpT" at the points of the plot where the Open price has increased incrementally over the last three bars:

<syntaxhighlight>Plot1(Close);
If Open>Open[1] And Open[1]>Open[2] Then
Value1=Text_New_self(Date,Time,High,"UpT");</syntaxhighlight>


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