Count how many bars ago an event has occured

[Olisipo]

Hi,

as the title says i wanted to get how many bars ago an event has occurred, does anyone have an idea on where to start. Thanks

[Samuel Manoel De Souza]

Olisipo:

Hi,

as the title says i wanted to get how many bars ago an event has occurred, does anyone have an idea on where to start. Thanks

since you have the time of the event you can use iBarShift
https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/series/ibarshift

[Amine Abed]

Olisipo:

Hi,

as the title says i wanted to get how many bars ago an event has occurred, does anyone have an idea on where to start. Thanks

Like what kind of event ?

[Ahmet Metin Yilmaz]

I wrote an answer here but it doesn't show up anymore. I actually don't understand what's wrong!

[Fernando Carreiro]

Ahmet Metin Yilmaz #: I wrote an answer here but it doesn't show up anymore. I actually don't understand what's wrong!

Because your answer was about a another application and has nothing to do with MetaTrader. Your answer should be relevant to MQL and MetaTrader and not about another language on another application.

[Ahmet Metin Yilmaz]

Fernando Carreiro #:

Because your answer was about a another application and has nothing to do with MetaTrader. Your answer should be relevant to MQL and MetaTrader and not about another language on another application.

Ok. Thank you Fernando. 

My goal was to accurately identify the problem and offer a solution.