How to connect dots in thinkscript

[SmartCoder]

Hi,

So I have this thinkscript code that will plot dots on the bars of the chart:

def OB = High > High[1] and low < low[1];
def IB = High < High[1] and low > low[1];
def HH = ((High > High[1]) and (High[1] > High[2]) and (IB == 0 and IB[1] == 0 and IB[2] == 0)) or
(High[1] > High[2] and High[2] > High[3] and (IB == 1 and IB[1] == 0 and IB[2] == 0 and IB[3] == 0)) or
(High > High[2] and High[2] > High[3] and (IB == 0 and IB[1] == 1 and IB[2] == 0 and IB[3] == 0)) or
(High > High[1] and High[1] > High[3] and (IB == 0 and IB[1] == 0 and IB[2] == 1 and IB[3] == 0));

def LL = (Low < Low[1] and Low[1] < Low[2] and (IB == 0 and IB[1] == 0 and IB[2] == 0)) or
(Low[1] < Low[2] and Low[2] < Low[3] and (IB == 1 and IB[1] == 0 and IB[2] == 0 and IB[3] == 0)) or
(Low < Low[2] and Low[2] < Low[3] and (IB == 0 and IB[1] == 1 and IB[2] == 0 and IB[3] == 0)) or
(Low < Low[1] and Low[1] < Low[3] and (IB == 0 and IB[1] == 0 and IB[2] == 1 and IB[3] == 0));


assignPriceColor(if HH then color.green else if LL then color.red else if OB then color.cyan else if IB then color.orange else color.gray);


# 1 - Green
# 2 - Red
# 3 - Gray
def color = if HH then 1 else if LL then 2 else 3;

def HHdot = if (color == 1 and color[1] == 1) then hl2[2] else double.nan;
def LLdot = if (color == 2 and color[1] == 2) then hl2[2] else double.nan;


plot d1 = HHdot[-2];
plot d2 = LLdot[-2];
d1.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.POINTS);
d2.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.POINTS);

I want to connect these dots in a line similar to the Zig Zag High Low, but I am having trouble doing that. Could someone please show me how to do that?

 

[Joshua]

Im posting from my phone at the moment, but you would use this:

https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/...unctions/Look---Feel/EnableApproximation.html

I can take a deeper look at it later if nobody else has helped you by then.

 

[SmartCoder]

Im posting from my phone at the moment, but you would use this:

https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/...unctions/Look---Feel/EnableApproximation.html

I can take a deeper look at it later if nobody else has helped you by then.

Thank you for the tip. I was able to figure it out.

 

[SmartCoder]

Im posting from my phone at the moment, but you would use this:

https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/...unctions/Look---Feel/EnableApproximation.html

I can take a deeper look at it later if nobody else has helped you by then.

Hi,

So I was able to figure out how to get the zig-zag line to work, and I was just wondering if you know of a way that I can adjust how far back the line goes. For example, if my code if a certain condition is met, then the line needs to be two bars back whereas if another condition if met then there needs to be an offset of three bars. Here is the code:

def color = if HH and greenBefore == 2 then 1 else if LL and redBefore == 2 then 2 else 3;


def lower = if low[1] < low[2] then low[1] else low[2];
def higher = if high[1] > high[2] then high[1] else high[2];

def HHdot = if color == 1 then if IB[2] then low[3] else lower else double.nan;
def LLdot = if color == 2 then if IB[2] then high[3] else higher else double.nan;

def d1 = if isNaN(HHdot) then LLdot else HHdot;
plot z = d1[-2];
z.EnableApproximation();

As you can see, there are some situations where the plot z has to be d1[-3] because of low[3] and high[3], and there are some situations where the plot z has to be d1[-2] because of low[2] or high[2], and there are even some situations where the plot z has to be d1[-1] because of low[1] and high[1]. Is there any way I can implement this logic?