Definition of iBarShift
The function gives you a barnumber. this barnummer is the bar in the chart that fit to the time which you give as a parameter to the function. if you give a timevalue as parameter to the function on that no bar fits in the chart then the function gives you a barnummber from a bar that fits at nearest to the given time, but you can also set a parameter that the function always gives you a false if no bar fit exactly to your time.
How's everybody doing? I'm programming som simple things in MQL4, and i've a question about iBarShift
The documentation defines it like this:
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Search for bar by open time. The function returns bar shift with the open time specified. If the bar having the specified open time is missing, the function will return -1 or the nearest bar shift depending on the exact.
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I'm sorry, i didn't get that. Is it refering to the time the bar opened? E.g the open price of the bar that opened 7.30 for example?
I've got this line:
i4h=iBarShift(NULL,PERIOD_H4,iTime(NULL,0,i),true)+1; but i'm not sure exactly what it does. Anyone care to help