How to specify a Group Range
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I am familiar with listing group numbers to include i.e.
Group # 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30
But does anyone know of the syntax or a way to specify a range of group numbers ?
For example:-
Group# 1 - 60
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you
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Damn, your project looks very professional. This is extremely rare sight. But unfortunately the Group thing is very simple, I only programmed it to accept multiple groups separated with "," (thinking that this was advanced). And 30 groups... I never even imagined something like this. I'm afraid to ask why
By the way, as someone with obvious programming knowledge, maybe you can share what in the EA builder is bad, what must be done, or even what is good.
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- Created a list of random group numbers in an array.
- Converted the array to a concatenated string in a variable.
- Inserted the variable in the group field.
Not quite working yet; the stumbling block seems to be how to get the Group # field to recognise the number extracted from the array. In the short term will look for a simpler approach.
[...] as someone with obvious programming knowledge
Hmm, not really. Have been hacking at MQL indicators for a few years but don't have the knowledge or confidence to risk self coding an EA where real money is at risk. fxDreema fills this gap perfectly and has vastly increased my understanding of coding.[...] maybe you can share what in the EA builder is bad, what must be done, or even what is good.
If you still want my two penneth . . .Good.
fxDreema is hands down the most intuitive, powerful and enjoyable piece of software to use I have ever encountered. I have tried many other EA builders and without exception they leave you frustrated, disappointed and fail to get the desired outcome.Bad.
Nothing is "Bad" but there are certainly some minor improvements that would help.For example . . Pressing the ".ex4" and getting a list of errors without knowing which blocks they relate to is a little frustrating. It would be great to receive a list of associated block numbers to avoid having to export the MQL, load in MetaEditor, Compile and search for the problem there. This would save a lot of time.
The main issue for me is the gnawing uncertainty of how committed, you may or may not be to the product going forward. Certain comments & the lack of forum input over the last few years raise questions for people who rely heavily on this excellent software.
Having said that I appreciate you responded to my post and also that you indicated an upcoming price increase in a separate post. I have no issue with a price increase. The more the product undergoes continuing development the more I would be happy to pay.The forum is a great source for solving many issues but I appreciate you must get frustrated with answering repetitive questions from new users. One solution might be a Premium Support service where individual questions can be answered for a fee or users can pay an additional subscription for advanced support. This wouldn't put off new users with prohibitive charges but would be a huge benefit for more advanced users wanting a guaranteed way to gain premium support.
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@mantadiver said in How to specify a Group Range:
The forum is a great source for solving many issues but I appreciate you must get frustrated with answering repetitive questions from new users. One solution might be a Premium Support service where individual questions can be answered for a fee or users can pay an additional subscription for advanced support. This wouldn't put off new users with prohibitive charges but would be a huge benefit for more advanced users wanting a guaranteed way to gain premium support.
Amen! I'm ready to pay for this!
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@mantadiver
each group can be in full 100s
so group 1: 100-199
so group 2: 200-299 etc
so you see instantly which belonds to which -
Thanks bk7, the problem I was having was to pass a list of numbers across to the Group# field and get it to read the list.
I've now solved it, turns out it was rather simple . . .
- Created an array of random group numbers.
- Passed the array details into a string variable called Group_List.
- The game changer was adding "v::" in front of each item:
Group_List =
v::Group_Number[1]+","+
v::Group_Number[2]+","+
v::Group_Number[3]+","+ etc etc- Insert variable Group_List in any Group# field and it now reads the list fine.
Thanks everyone for your time and input.
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@mantadiver Thank you for sharing.
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@mantadiver said in How to specify a Group Range:
The main issue for me is the gnawing uncertainty of how committed, you may or may not be to the product going forward. Certain comments & the lack of forum input over the last few years raise questions for people who rely heavily on this excellent software.
Having said that I appreciate you responded to my post and also that you indicated an upcoming price increase in a separate post. I have no issue with a price increase. The more the product undergoes continuing development the more I would be happy to pay.If I have to be honest, I want to make similar site, but for crypto. The problem is that many things are very different there, mostly because in the crypto world there are exchanges instead of brokers and there are no such things like MT and MQL. So I have to make these missing things, maybe not it the same way, but something to fill the gap. Which could be used for this EA builder as well. I'm talking about the ability to run the strategy on the website with all the indicators. But this is not an easy task at all. So I'm commited by proxy, if you understand.
The Group number is a string. So you want to convert for example 1-5 to 1,2,3,4,5. It's possible with a custom code and using some string functions. Detect that "-", get the first part of the string that is "1", also the second part that is "5". Convert these to integers. Then with a loop from 1 to 5 construct another string that will look like this "1,2,3,4,5". And then use this string as a Group number.
But I don't know what is the performance with so much numbers. Yes, MQL is based on C++ (I think), but from my experience with it I know that sometimes it can be slow as hell.
This is not a bad idea to show in which block the problem is. I have some idea how to make this, but I don't know if I'm ready yet to make it. But it's also not that hard to find the block by yourself. I do this every time there is a problem. Save the source code, try to compile it in MetaEditor, find the row where the problem is, and if it's in the class of some block, there is a comment above that class that says the number of the block that appears in the project. Here for example:
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@mantadiver said in How to specify a Group Range:
The forum is a great source for solving many issues but I appreciate you must get frustrated with answering repetitive questions from new users. One solution might be a Premium Support service where individual questions can be answered for a fee or users can pay an additional subscription for advanced support. This wouldn't put off new users with prohibitive charges but would be a huge benefit for more advanced users wanting a guaranteed way to gain premium support.
This topic is hard for me. I think I should hire someone to answer to the questions, but I'm afraid of this process
And also I'm afraid of this Premium Support thing, although it sounds reasonable at this point. -
Having been an annual subscriber for around 5 years, it surely is a testament to what a great tool this is that I could only come up with those items . . .
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@fxdreema I'm open to it if you are seriously considering it.
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@l-andorrà , I can at least try to finally make some kick-ass documentation
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@fxdreema Of course. LOL. XD
