Print statements are commonly used as a debugging aid when code fails to work as expected. Three functions have been created to add timestamps and additional useful information to each line printed:
FUNCTION
_DateTimeSym
_DateTimeSymBS
_DateTimeSymBSMP
USED IN
All Code
All Code
Strategies Only
ADDS TO PRINT LINE
Date, Time and Symbol Name
Date, Time, Symbol Name and BarStatus(1)
Date, Time, Symbol Name, BarStatus(1), Marketstatus and Barnumber
Usage
One of the above functions is used as a prefix in a debugging print statement as follows:
Print(_DateTimeSymBS, ” Avg = “, avg, ” Delta = “, delta);
producing the following output, using weekly bars:
09/17/2021 1500 CSLT BS=2 Avg = 110.95 Delta = 3.45
09/24/2021 1500 CSLT BS=2 Avg = 112.33 Delta = 2.54
10/01/2021 1500 CSLT BS=2 Avg = 114.05 Delta = 1.87
In a strategy, additional information regarding MarketPosition and BarNumber can be obtained using function _DateTimeSymBSMP:
Print(_DateTimeSymBSMP, ” Avg = “, avg, ” Delta = “, delta);
producing the following output:
09/17/2021 1500 CSLT BS=2 MP= 0 MP[1]= 0 Bar= 343 Avg = 110.95 Delta = 3.45
09/24/2021 1500 CSLT BS=2 MP= 0 MP[1]= 0 Bar= 344 Avg = 112.33 Delta = 2.54
10/01/2021 1500 CSLT BS=2 MP= 0 MP[1]= 0 Bar= 345 Avg = 114.05 Delta = 1.87
