Inverting a Value - Question

[jojojo 10]

Hello

A very simple question : How can I inverse a value and plot it?

I'm a little confused - if I say (for example):

 

Value1 = 2583;

Value2 = 1 / value1;

Plot1(value1);

Plot2(value2);

Here I got Plot2 with zero.

 

If I say:

Value1 = 0.2583;

Value2 = 1 / value1;

Plot1(value1);

Plot2(value2);

I got a correct Plot2 with 3.87

 

????

 

Thanks

Jojo

[onesmith 10]

If you append print(numtostr(plot2,10)); to your first example it proves it's calculating the correct decimal value. A scaling issue is preventing it from displaying more than 2 decimals. Format the scaling tab in the indicators properties to 10 decimals. Change the price scale on the general tab of your charts window properties from automatic to manual and specify the number of decimals at that location also.

[BlueHorseshoe 10]

Hello

A very simple question : How can I inverse a value and plot it?

I'm a little confused - if I say (for example):

 

Value1 = 2583;

Value2 = 1 / value1;

Plot1(value1);

Plot2(value2);

Here I got Plot2 with zero.

 

If I say:

Value1 = 0.2583;

Value2 = 1 / value1;

Plot1(value1);

Plot2(value2);

I got a correct Plot2 with 3.87

 

????

 

Thanks

Jojo

 

If you're more interested in the relative value of Value1 than the absolute value, then you could just divide it by 100 or 1000 or whatever, to strip some of the decimal places out, before calculating Value2. This is what you've done manually in your second example.

 

BlueHorseshoe

[jojojo 10]

Thank you for clear this - the point with unseen decimals was it - while I

do not understand,why the inverted value is not printed ( in the print log)

the only thing I get sometimes is " positive infinity " ...........

maybe this is due to division with zero ?

[onesmith 10]

You're using code other than the code you posted. It's easier to give you the correct answer if you post the code returing the positive infinity error, along with the symbol, bar interval, date and time of a specific case that produces that error. Calibrate your symbol to exchange time or accept the resulting confusion. That's not so important when debugging simple problems but everyone capable of helping you with complex bugs will expect it and it's something worthwhile striving to get right from the get go.

 

Thank you for clear this - the point with unseen decimals was it - while I

do not understand,why the inverted value is not printed ( in the print log)

the only thing I get sometimes is " positive infinity " ...........

maybe this is due to division with zero ?

[jojojo 10]

offcourse you are right - the example above was just for simplifying.

I got a variable that gives these values , measuring the time between ticks.

I achieve this with GetMachineTime dll and displaying in microseconds

then subtract microtime -microtime[1]

then invert the value - there the error occurs

 

my time is local thats no problem