isTick() and isRawTick() - very surprising results and poor doc in KB

[Dave180]

10.2.2139
isTick() and isRawTick() exist:

"isTick( [interval] ) Returns true if the interval passed is a tick interval."
"isRawTick( [interval] ) Returns true if the interval passed is a tick interval."

See they both have the same definition (both online and .chm), so they do the same thing? Well presumably not so

Check isTick and isRawTick:  inv = 50T   isTick(sInv) = false, isRawTick(sInv) = true
Check isTick and isRawTick:  inv = T     isTick(sInv) = true, isRawTick(sInv) = true
Check isTick and isRawTick:  inv = 100T  isTick(sInv) = false, isRawTick(sInv) = true
Check isTick and isRawTick:  inv = 100V  isTick(sInv) = false, isRawTick(sInv) = true
Check isTick and isRawTick:  inv = 1R    isTick(sInv) = false, isRawTick(sInv) = false
Check isTick and isRawTick:  inv = 3P    isTick(sInv) = false, isRawTick(sInv) = false
Check isTick and isRawTick:  inv = 10S   isTick(sInv) = false, isRawTick(sInv) = true
Check isTick and isRawTick:  inv = 30    isTick(sInv) = false, isRawTick(sInv) = false
Check isTick and isRawTick:  inv = D     isTick(sInv) = false, isRawTick(sInv) = false
Check isTick and isRawTick:  inv = W     isTick(sInv) = false, isRawTick(sInv) = false
Check isTick and isRawTick:  inv = M     isTick(sInv) = false, isRawTick(sInv) = false 

Re: isTick() and isRawTick() - very surprising results and poor doc in KB

Hi Dave,

FWIW, the behavior you are seeing is similar to what was seen in 2004 in this thread. Since then, the Range and Price bars have been added.

In my opinion, the subject tests are limited in their usefulness. My recommendation is that if you test for the specific intervals.


As for identifying so many things as bugs, I can't remember seeing many.

Originally posted by Dave180
10.2.2139
isTick() and isRawTick() exist:

"isTick( [interval] ) Returns true if the interval passed is a tick interval."
"isRawTick( [interval] ) Returns true if the interval passed is a tick interval."

See they both have the same definition (both online and .chm), so they do the same thing? Well presumably not so the definition is wrong at least.

[Dave180]

Thanks Steve, I was in fact already using my own "isTickLike()" having not been sufficiently taken by the docs to try the others, but something made me check it out this w/e.