getValueAbsolute()

eSignal EFS 2

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getValueAbsolute()

getValueAbsolute( barType, barIndex [, numBars] [, symbol] )

Returns the value of the specified type at the specified bar index relative to the most recent bar in the series, regardless of the bar currently being processed.

Parameters

barType	type of value to retrieve: "open", "high", "low", "close", "time", "rawtime", "volume", "oi", "year", "month", "day", "hour", "minute", "second"
barIndex	bar index of series to retrieve
numBars	optional. number of bars of data to return
symbol	optional. specify a symbol to use

Note: using getValue( "time" ) can be very processor-intensive and, for that reason, its use is not recommended. Instead you should use getValue( "rawtime" ) which returns the number of seconds elapsed since 1/1/1970, or the getYear(), getMonth(), getDay(), getHour(), getMinute(), getSecond() functions.

Usage

function main() {

...

//retrieve the close from 10 bars ago

myVar = getValueAbsolute( "close", -10 );

//retrieve the rawtime of the current bar

myVar = getValueAbsolute( "rawtime", 0 );

//retrieve the 20 most recent high values into an array

myArray = getValueAbsolute( "high", 0, -20 );

}

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