iMA function handle returns int ?

[Behzad Hajipoor]

The moving average function returns an integer value, while the moving average value of each bar is a decimal amount. How can this be explained?

[William Roeder]

Perhaps you should read the manual, especially the examples.
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They all (including iCustom) return a handle (an int). You get that in OnInit. In OnTick/OnCalculate (after the indicator has updated its buffers), you use the handle, shift and count to get the data.
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[Fernando Carreiro]

Behzad Hajipoor: The moving average function returns an integer value, while the moving average value of each bar is a decimal amount. How can this be explained?

You should read the documentation properly. In MQL5 the iMA function returns a handle (not buffer data). With that handle you then retrieve the data with CopyBuffer.

[Fernando Carreiro]

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