syntax error

[pj909]

I don't understand where this error is coming from:
" missing ; before statement :
If (Strategy.isShort() == true ) { "
The error is in line 50.

//  Show the distance from the trend (a moving average of price)
//  as a percent above or below the trend and add a MA of the percent
var nLength = null;
var vMA = null;
var vPCT = null;   // distance from trend as a percent
var nSmooth = null;
var vSIG= null;    // the MA of vPCT
var bInit = false;
var vP0=null;
var vP1=null;
var vS0=null;
var vS1=null;
var bc=0;

function preMain()
{
    setStudyTitle("Distance from Trend"); 
    setCursorLabelName("DFT",0);
    setDefaultBarFgColor(Color.blue,0);
    setDefaultBarFgColor(Color.red,1);    
    addBand(0, PS_DOT, 1, Color.black);
    addBand(-2, PS_SOLID, 1, Color.lime);
    addBand(2, PS_SOLID, 1, Color.magenta);
    var fp1 = new FunctionParameter("nLength", FunctionParameter.NUMBER);
        fp1.setName("MA2 Length");
        fp1.setLowerLimit(1);
        fp1.setDefault(5);
    var fp2 = new FunctionParameter("nSmooth", FunctionParameter.NUMBER);
        fp2.setName("Smoothing");
        fp2.setLowerLimit(1);
        fp2.setDefault(2);        
    var fp3 = new FunctionParameter("nBars", FunctionParameter.NUMBER);
        fp3.setName("Bars");
        fp3.setLowerLimit(1);
        fp3.setDefault(1);
}

function main(nLength, nSmooth, nBars) {
if (bInit==false) {
    vPCT = osc(1,nLength, false);
    vSIG  = ema(nSmooth,vPCT);
    bInit=true; 
    }    
    
    vP0=vPCT.getValue(0);
    vP1=vPCT.getValue(-1);
    vS0=vSIG.getValue(0);
    vS1=vSIG.getValue(-1);
    
    If (Strategy.isShort() == true ) {
        If (bc=nBars) {
            Strategy.doCover("Exit", Strategy.CLOSE, Strategy.THISBAR);
            bc=0;
        } else bc += 1;
    } else 
        if(vP1>vS1 && vP0<=vS0) {
            setBarBgColor(Color.green);
            Strategy.doShort("Enter", Strategy.CLOSE, Strategy.THISBAR);
            bc=1;
        }
        
    return new Array (vPCT.getValue(0), vSIG.getValue(0));
    
} 

[ACM]

Re: syntax error

pj909
The error is caused by the upper case I in If which should be if
Keep in mind that JavaScript is a case sensitive language
Alex

Originally posted by pj909
I don't understand where this error is coming from:
" missing ; before statement :
If (Strategy.isShort() == true ) { "
The error is in line 50.

//  Show the distance from the trend (a moving average of price)
//  as a percent above or below the trend and add a MA of the percent
var nLength = null;
var vMA = null;
var vPCT = null;   // distance from trend as a percent
var nSmooth = null;
var vSIG= null;    // the MA of vPCT
var bInit = false;
var vP0=null;
var vP1=null;
var vS0=null;
var vS1=null;
var bc=0;

function preMain()
{
    setStudyTitle("Distance from Trend"); 
    setCursorLabelName("DFT",0);
    setDefaultBarFgColor(Color.blue,0);
    setDefaultBarFgColor(Color.red,1);    
    addBand(0, PS_DOT, 1, Color.black);
    addBand(-2, PS_SOLID, 1, Color.lime);
    addBand(2, PS_SOLID, 1, Color.magenta);
    var fp1 = new FunctionParameter("nLength", FunctionParameter.NUMBER);
        fp1.setName("MA2 Length");
        fp1.setLowerLimit(1);
        fp1.setDefault(5);
    var fp2 = new FunctionParameter("nSmooth", FunctionParameter.NUMBER);
        fp2.setName("Smoothing");
        fp2.setLowerLimit(1);
        fp2.setDefault(2);        
    var fp3 = new FunctionParameter("nBars", FunctionParameter.NUMBER);
        fp3.setName("Bars");
        fp3.setLowerLimit(1);
        fp3.setDefault(1);
}

function main(nLength, nSmooth, nBars) {
if (bInit==false) {
    vPCT = osc(1,nLength, false);
    vSIG  = ema(nSmooth,vPCT);
    bInit=true; 
    }    
    
    vP0=vPCT.getValue(0);
    vP1=vPCT.getValue(-1);
    vS0=vSIG.getValue(0);
    vS1=vSIG.getValue(-1);
    
    If (Strategy.isShort() == true ) {
        If (bc=nBars) {
            Strategy.doCover("Exit", Strategy.CLOSE, Strategy.THISBAR);
            bc=0;
        } else bc += 1;
    } else 
        if(vP1>vS1 && vP0<=vS0) {
            setBarBgColor(Color.green);
            Strategy.doShort("Enter", Strategy.CLOSE, Strategy.THISBAR);
            bc=1;
        }
        
    return new Array (vPCT.getValue(0), vSIG.getValue(0));
    
}