bigboy

Hmmm, guess I've got the pros stumped here! bigboy

Hello, I'm thinking this is an easy answer for someone more familiar with Elcollections and ADE than I am. Anyway, I have this written to a file by an external dll. Date,Time,mdindex,mdbidvol,mdaskvol,mdopen,mdhigh,mdlow 02/04/2008,1744,499,1,0,13780.000000,13785.000000,13775.000000 02/04/2008,1744,500,0,2,13780.000000,13785.000000,13775.000000 02/04/2008,1744,501,25,0,13780.000000,13785.000000,13775.000000 02/04/2008,1745,499,1,1,13795.000000,13805.000000,13790.000000 02/04/2008,1745,500,34,11,13795.000000,13805.000000,13790.000000 02/04/2008,1745,501,11,167,13795.000000,13805.000000,13790.000000 02/04/2008,1745,502,0,3,13795.000000,13805.000000,13790.000000 02/04/2008,1746,497,41,0,13795.000000,13795.000000,13780.000000 02/04/2008,1746,498,20,107,13795.000000,13795.000000,13780.000000 02/04/2008,1746,499,23,18,13795.000000,13795.000000,13780.000000 02/04/2008,1746,500,68,0,13795.000000,13795.000000,13780.000000 I'm trying to make a map of a map I guess so that I can read in the values but there is not a one to one correspondence with the bar. Instead each bar has variable amount of data depending upon the number of price movemements in the bar. I need to somehow read this in from a file and store it in a map or list to operate on and print out. I need a map or list that is created from this that has variable number of members keyed by the minute bar id somehow. Here's the contents of what I have in my ADC.GetMDELTA function Inputs: Sym(StringSimple), Interval(NumericSimple), BarID(NumericSimple), vmdeltaindexlist(NumericRef), vbidList(NumericRef), vaskList(NumericRef), vmdopenList(NumericRef), vmdhighList(NumericRef), vmdlowList(NumericRef); Vars: LastSym(""), LastInterval(-1), Index(0), DataMap(0), BarList(0), mdeltaindexlist(0), bidList(0), askList(0), mdopenList(0), mdhighList(0), mdlowList(0); if Sym <> LastSym or Interval <> LastInterval then begin LastSym = Sym; LastInterval = Interval; DataMap = ADE.GetRequiredMap("MDELTA", Sym, Interval); BarList = MapSC.Get(DataMap, ":Bar"); mdeltaindexlist = MapSC.Get(DataMap, "mdindex"); bidList = MapSC.Get(DataMap, "mdbidvol"); askList = MapSC.Get(DataMap, "mdaskvol"); mdopenList = MapSC.Get(DataMap, "mdopen"); mdhighList = MapSC.Get(DataMap, "mdhigh"); mdlowList = MapSC.Get(DataMap, "mdlow"); end; if ListN.IsSorted(BarList) = false then Value1 = ADE.SortDataMap(DataMap); if ListN.Lookup(BarList, BarID, Index) = false then Index = Index - 1; if Index <> 0 then begin vmdeltaindexlist = ListN.Get(mdeltaindexlist, Index); vbidList = ListN.Get(bidList, Index); vaskList = ListN.Get(askList, Index); vmdopenList = ListN.Get(mdopenList, Index); vmdhighList = ListN.Get(mdhighList, Index); vmdlowList = ListN.Get(mdlowList, Index); end; ADC.GetMDELTA = Index; Since these do not match up with individual ticks either, the zerobar stuff doesn't work for this. Any help appreciated. Bigboy

Great Thread. You're onto it. bigboy