Nested IF THEN syntax in thinkscript?

[MoneyMagnet]

This is totally messed up, and there is a serious bug in thinkscript.

Well, it's nice to know I'm not insane (at least not yet!) Thanks a ton for putting in the time and effort on this... looks like I'll be using a lot more variables going forward.

 

[BenTen]

@korygill Noted

 

[congamike]

New member question about stacking elses

This:

AssignBackgroundColor(if (MACDH > 0 and close > sma)
then GlobalColor("above")
else GlobalColor("below"));

mostly works. Sadly, there is a third condition I want to trap but can't seem to describe it in TOS.
I tried breaking it up into two AssignBackgroundColor statements, but that crashes.

I want no color assigned in that awkward period when MACDH is up and sma is down (or vice versa). For this I need a third condition which would be a second 'else' layer (no?).

Help? Thanks.

 

[halcyonguy]

I want no color assigned in that awkward period when MACDH is up and sma is down (or vice versa). For this I need a third condition which would be a second 'else' layer (no?).

just keep adding if thens, with an else in between them.

if a then 1
else if b then 2
else if c then 3
else 4

put your 3rd condition (exceptions) first, so if it is true, it will stop processing if thens.

AssignBackgroundColor(
if
(( MACDH is up and sma is down) or (MACDH is up and sma is down))
then color.current

else if (MACDH > 0 and close > sma)
then GlobalColor("above")

else GlobalColor("below"));

https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Constants/Color/Color-CURRENT

 

[congamike]

just keep adding if thens, with an else in between them.

if a then 1
else if b then 2
else if c then 3
else 4

put your 3rd condition (exceptions) first, so if it is true, it will stop processing if thens.

AssignBackgroundColor(
if
(( MACDH is up and sma is down) or (MACDH is up and sma is down))
then color.current

else if (MACDH > 0 and close > sma)
then GlobalColor("above")

else GlobalColor("below"));

https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/thinkScript/Constants/Color/Color-CURRENT

So I ended up with this:
AssignBackgroundColor(
if (macdh > 0 and close > sma)
then GlobalColor("above")
else if (macdh < 0 and close < sma)
then GlobalColor("below")
else GlobalColor(color.current)
);

Which does not run and of course I don't understand.
The final GlobalColor statement is highlighted in red. Commenting out the line makes the previous 'if' turn red.
The error message says: Expected class java.lang.String at 25:13
What may I learn from this?

 

[halcyonguy]

So I ended up with this:
AssignBackgroundColor(
if (macdh > 0 and close > sma)
then GlobalColor("above")
else if (macdh < 0 and close < sma)
then GlobalColor("below")
else GlobalColor(color.current)
);

Which does not run and of course I don't understand.
The final GlobalColor statement is highlighted in red. Commenting out the line makes the previous 'if' turn red.
The error message says: Expected class java.lang.String at 25:13
What may I learn from this?

instead of this,
GlobalColor(color.current)

remove globalcolor and just use this,
color.current

it can be used by itself. you didn't define a color called color.current