RaptorUK:
Or did you want M1, M5, M15 etc ?
Yes i do.
FamWue:
Yes i do.
Yes i do.
OK . . .
Alert( "Timeframe is ", GetTimeFrame(Period()) ); //+---------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| GetTimeFrame function - returns the textual timeframe | //+---------------------------------------------------------------------+ string GetTimeFrame(int lPeriod) { switch(lPeriod) { case 1: return("M1"); case 5: return("M5"); case 15: return("M15"); case 30: return("M30"); case 60: return("H1"); case 240: return("H4"); case 1440: return("D1"); case 10080: return("W1"); case 43200: return("MN1"); } } //+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
or
string period.txt; int init(){ int chrt.tf[]={ 0, PERIOD_M1, PERIOD_M5, PERIOD_M15, PERIOD_M30, PERIOD_H1, PERIOD_H4, PERIOD_D1, PERIOD_W1 }; string text.tf[]={ "n/a", "M1", "M5", "M15", "M30", "H1", "H4", "D1", "W1" }; for(int iTF=0; chrt.tf[iTF] != Period(); iTF++){} period.txt = text.tf[iTF]; } ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Alert( "Timeframe is ", period.txt );
RaptorUK:
Don't hard code numbers. Write self-documenting codecase 60: return("H1");
case PERIOD_H1: return("H1");
WHRoeder:
Don't hard code numbers. Write self-documenting code
:-) point taken.
Don't hard code numbers. Write self-documenting code
// string strPeriod = GetTimeFrame(Period(); //+---------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| GetTimeFrame function - returns the textual timeframe | //+---------------------------------------------------------------------+ string GetTimeFrame(int lPeriod) { switch(lPeriod) { case PERIOD_M1: return("M1"); case PERIOD_M2: return("M2"); case PERIOD_M3: return("M3"); case PERIOD_M4: return("M4"); case PERIOD_M5: return("M5"); case PERIOD_M6: return("M6"); case PERIOD_M10: return("M10"); case PERIOD_M12: return("M12"); case PERIOD_M15: return("M15"); case PERIOD_M20: return("M20"); case PERIOD_M30: return("M30"); case PERIOD_H1: return("H1"); case PERIOD_H2: return("H2"); case PERIOD_H3: return("H3"); case PERIOD_H4: return("H4"); case PERIOD_H6: return("H6"); case PERIOD_H8: return("H8"); case PERIOD_H12: return("H12"); case PERIOD_D1: return("D1"); case PERIOD_W1: return("W1"); case PERIOD_MN1: return("MN1"); } return IntegerToString(lPeriod); } //+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
string as_string(ENUM_TIMEFRAMES period){ if(period == PERIOD_CURRENT) period = (ENUM_TIMEFRAMES) _Period; string period_xxx = EnumToString(period); // PERIOD_XXX return StringSubstr(period_xxx, 7); // XXX }
whroeder1:
Interesting.
Elton Spode:
I believe it's efficient, you'll just need to add PERIOD_CURRENT
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Hi guys,
i like to receive an Alert message with Alert(); with the Text of the current timeframe in the chart
Alert(Show me the actual chart timeframe);
I can't find a call for that. I think one of you know an easy solution.