Presenting the book "MQL5 Programming for Traders"
Can I download this book as pdf file?
Sincerely
Matthias Hammelsbeck
Can I make a provisorical comprehensive table of contents (with hyperlinks) for our beginners group? Would that be illegal reproduction? Just want to be sure. If you like I can share it here.
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Here is a complete table of contents, it is basically a collection of all the links so you will directly get to the book topics on mql5.com. You can expand and collapse the chapters and subchapters.
Hi,
very good book, very helpful.
Nevertheless I have one question: in chapter "Increment and decrement" you write:
Postfix form may be useful for more compact writing of expressions combining a reference to the preceding value of the operand and its side modification (two separate statements would be required to make an alternative record of the same). In all other cases, it is recommended to use the prefix form (it does not create a temporary copy of the "old" value).
But in some header files in MQL5/Include/MQL5Book you are using the postfix form in for - loops and not the prefix form:
AutoIndicator.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < pnum; i++) AutoIndicator.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) CustomTrade.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < ArraySize(orders); i++) CustomTrade.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < ArraySize(deals); i++) CustomTrade.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < ArraySize(orders); i++) CustomTrade.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < ArraySize(deals); i++) CustomTrade.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < ArraySize(positions); i++) CustomTrade.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < ArraySize(positions); i++) CustomTrade.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < ArraySize(positions); i++) EnumToArray.mqh: for(int i = start; i < stop && !IsStopped(); i++) IndBufArray.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < ArraySize(array); i++) MarginProfitMeter.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < SymbolsTotal(true); i++) MultiSymbolMonitor.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < lastTime.getSize(); i++) MultiSymbolMonitor.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < lastTime.getSize(); i++) MultiSymbolMonitor.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < lastTime.getSize(); i++) MultiSymbolMonitor.mqh: for(int i = 1; i < lastTime.getSize(); i++) OutputStream.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) QuickSortStructT.mqh: for(int i = start; i <= end; i++) QuickSortT.mqh: for(int i = start; i <= end; i++) QuickSortTm.mqh: for(int i = start; i <= end; i++) Tableau.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < nrows; i++) Tableau.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) Tableau.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < ncols; i++) Tableau.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) TickFilter.mqh: for(int i = 2; i < size; i++) TickFilter.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < size; i++) TickFilter.mqh: for(int i = 1; i < size - 2; i++) TradeReport.mqh: for(int i = 1; i < limit; i++) TradeReport.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) URL.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < len; i++) URL.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < len; i++) URL.mqh: for(int i = 0; i < URL_PARTS::URL_ENUM_LENGTH; i++)
Why not the prefix form? I do not understand.
Matthias
There are no difference between forms.
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