do not start at past bars

[Guest]

Hi,

I have a formula that I would only want to launch at and after the bar when I apply the , or in other words, I do not want the formula to be executed at any of the past bars even though these bars are displayed.

One way I can think of is to get the system year, month, day, hour, minute, and compare it with a bar's year, month, day, hour, and minute. If they match, then I start applying the formula. Doing a comparison this is quite cumbersome because of the rollover in month, day, hour and minute.

I'm wondering if there's an easier solution.

Thank you.

William

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello William,

Please clarify if my understanding is correct. I think what you are saying is that you want a formula to only process bar 0 in real time?

If so, the easiest thing to do is add a conditional statement to the top of main() that checks the bar index and exits main unless the bar index is 0.

function main() {
    if (getCurrentBarIndex() < 0) return;  // exit unless bar index == 0

    ...... your formula code

    return sma(10);
} 

[Guest]

Jason, your understanding is correct. And your solution is exactly what I needed. Thank you.

William

[eSignal_JasonK]

You're most welcome.