question from new user about esignal pattern detection

[zookerone]

This may be a strange question but here goes. I currently use qcharts but am trying esignal to see how i like it. Is there a way to set up esignal to detect certain candlestick patterns? Ex. doji, shooting star Or is this something that will always have to done manually? Also can anyone tell what are advantages if any of esignal over qcharts?

[ACM]

zookerone

Is there a way to set up esignal to detect certain candlestick patterns?

In eSignal that can be done using EFS (Esignal Formula Script) which is eSignal's programming language.
For example the enclosed script will detect Shooting Star and Doji candles and mark the corresponding bars with the text "SS" and Dj"
Alex

function preMain(){
    setPriceStudy(true);
    setShowCursorLabel(false);
    setDefaultFont("Arial",10,Color.red,Text.BOLD);
    setComputeOnClose();
}

function main(){

    //Shooting Star
    var Min = Math.min(close(0),open(0));
    var Max = Math.max(close(0),open(0));
    if(high(0)-Max>(Max-Min)*4 && Min-low(0)<Max-Min){
        drawText("SS",AboveBar1,Color.magenta);
    }
    //Doji
    if(open(0)==close(0)){
        drawText("Dj",AboveBar1,Color.magenta);
    }

    return;
}