Hi guys ... is there such a thing as an MQL4 advanced(?) book on site?
The book does not contain all information. Technical details about each and every function/aspect of MQL4 can be found in the documentation -> https://docs.mql4.com//. The forum, articles and code base are a huge source of information as well... Search!
See here -> https://docs.mql4.com/basis/variables/formal
The book does not contain all information. Technical details about each and every function/aspect of MQL4 can be found in the documentation -> https://docs.mql4.com//. The forum, articles and code base are a huge source of information as well... Search!
many thanks for your speedy reply.. that will sort me for now with the formal / variables thing.
and good to know the 'docs' is the definitive source ... i had searched for ages with no result but thought the 'book' was the main source. it's good to know the exact
place to search now .. ill just have to start working my way though it! lol
many thanks & kind regards
chael
Another good tool I forgot to mention is CB's alphabetic index of functions: https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/122679.
It's the same for all programming languages... There are book/s that teach the language and there's a reference that just gives a technical 'spec' of the language (in this case it's called the 'documentation'). It's much easier to learn the language from a book, but once u know it u should mostly refer to the documentation for info.
Another good tool I forgot to mention is CB's alphabetic index of functions: https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/122679.
much appreciated, im sure you remember what it's like ... searching around and around....lol
every little helps. cheers!
chael
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I've been working away learning mql4 for a while now. prob should be mql5 but anyhow......
whilst getting on ok i've become tangled up with trying to pass an array to a function.
I've been looking at Rosh's work in his article 'templates a spot to stand on'
...an excellent article!! ... but i'm having trouble understanding this bit of code..
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| It prepares the array of "friendly" orders |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void PrepareTickets(double & arrayTickets[][9], string & comm[][2],int MN)
{
int count=0; // filling counter
its the first bit of a function, thats ok, im mostly ok with your basic function. Where i get lost is ...
double & arrayTickets[][9]
Rosh seems to be passing an array to his function and in particular is using the '&' character
I cannot for the life of me find out in the MQL4 book where it details how to do the above and how and when this
'&' is used.
further to that several other articles on this site seem to use mql4 in a far more advanced way than the online book details. t
his leads me to think there may be a more detailed (advanced) mql4 book?
Therefore I'd be most grateful if anyone could shed some light on:
1. what exactly is happening in the function above (including the use of the '&' character) and how can i pass arrays to afunction?
2. If there is a more advanced Mql4 book and how / where i might obtain a copy?
I'd be most grateful
kind regards
chael