Question about nested If statements, multiple conditions, and concatenation

[checkmate1]

Hi, I am trying to figure this out and am a noob to this, but have done a little programming in my past in school projects. 

I have an indicator in MT5/MQL5 I am attempting to write. I don't know how to do the concatenation after symbolinfodouble to get the name of the pair from the array symbolNames[p] into longpricecheck[p] 

I am not sure how to structure the nested IF statements, and how to do multiple conditions with the && 

Also how to do the brackets.

Thanks in advance for any advice. 

Here is the code:

void OnTick()
  
//longprice is a global variable, these are the local variables

double longpricecheck[];
int p=0 ;

//populate longpricecheck array variable with current prices for the tick, and compare to longprice[p] array variable
//then do an alert and set the longprice[p] to null once the alert has been made.

for(p=ArraySize(symbolNames)-1; p>=0; p--){
 if (longprice[p] > 0) 
        (longpricecheck[p] = SymbolInfoDouble(" +symbolNames[p] ",SYMBOL_ASK)); 
       if (longprice[p] > longpricecheck[p])   
		Alert("Ask above the line") //&& longprice[p] = NULL;
       

[Vladimir Karputov]

You need to compile your code - you will immediately see the description of the error (the compiler will tell you the name of the error).

More: Please insert code   correctly: when editing a post, click   and paste your code in the popup window (the first time I edited your post and inserted the code correctly)

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Expert tick function                                             |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnTick()
  {
//--- longprice is a global variable, these are the local variables
   double longpricecheck[];
   int p=0;
//--- populate longpricecheck array variable with current prices for the tick, and compare to longprice[p] array variable
//--- then do an alert and set the longprice[p] to null once the alert has been made.
   for(p=ArraySize(symbolNames)-1; p>=0; p--)
     {
      if(longprice[p]>0)
         (longpricecheck[p]=SymbolInfoDouble(symbolNames[p],SYMBOL_ASK));
      if(longprice[p]>longpricecheck[p])
         Alert("Ask above the line"); //&& longprice[p] = NULL;
     }
  }

[checkmate1]

Thank you for fixing my code block. It was my first time posting here. At least I got the braces fixed.

It gives me no error. I need to write code to load the longprice array, and then see what it does when compiled. I think the symbolNames[p] needs to be in quotes, but will figure it out.

[Vladimir Karputov]

checkmate1 # :

*** I think the symbolNames[p] needs to be in quotes, but will figure it out.

Okay, in that case I won't show your error. If you can't figure it out, then I'll help you.

[checkmate1]

Vladimir Karputov #:

Okay, in that case I won't show your error. If you can't figure it out, then I'll help you.

I figured it out. Thanks for your insight. I didn't need the bracket around the line under the first If statement. I just added an additional if statement instead of doing the && idea I commented off. I just set the variable to 0 instead of Null also.

[Vladimir Karputov]

checkmate1 # :

I figured it out. Thanks for your insight. I didn't need the bracket around the line under the first If statement. I just added an additional if statement instead of doing the && idea I commented off. I just set the variable to 0 instead of Null also.

Yes, you got it right. Well done, you solved the problem yourself!