bars vs days request

[dianacastillo]

I am having a hard time understanding the difference between a history btbars requuest and a history btdays request,
is that explained somewhere in an easy to understand way?
thanks,
Diana

[StarrM]

Essentially, this argument modifies the way the fourth argument (number of bars) works. btDays causes that fourth argument to request X number of days, whereas btBars causes it to request X number of bars. So for example, this request:

esignal.RequestHistory("MSFT", "1", btBARS, 5, -1, -1)

will give you five 1-minute bars. On the other hand, this request:

esignal.RequestHistory("MSFT", "1", btDAYS, 5, -1, -1)

will give you five days worth of 1-minute bars.