"Value never assigned" to variable defined. Involves 'if' statement.

ADM1992

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I'm not exactly sure what is going on here as I've seen near identical code working (different variable names) elsewhere in my script.

For context, I am trying to detect when a trendline (MidpointLine) crosses over an offset line (Offset1) and then assigning some values to variables associated with the date the line crosses over the offset.

With the code below, I'm receiving a 'Value never assigned to c1Date at...' error. I'm new to writing TS code and I would appreciate the help.

Code:
def c1Date;

if MidpointLine > Offset1 && MidpointLine[1] <= offset[1] {
    c1Date = GetYYYYMMDD();
} else {}
 
Solution
@ADM1992 just have it carry the previous value.
Ruby:
def c1Date;

if MidpointLine > Offset1 && MidpointLine[1] <= offset[1] {
    c1Date = GetYYYYMMDD();
} else {
    c1Date = c1Date[1];
}
@ADM1992 you have to provide a condition or value assign to c1Date if your IF statement is false.

Ruby:
def c1Date;

if MidpointLine > Offset1 && MidpointLine[1] <= offset[1] {
    c1Date = GetYYYYMMDD();
} else {
    c1Date = <Need Something Here>;
}
 

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@ADM1992 you have to provide a condition or value assign to c1Date if your IF statement is false.

Ruby:
def c1Date;

if MidpointLine > Offset1 && MidpointLine[1] <= offset[1] {
    c1Date = GetYYYYMMDD();
} else {
    c1Date = <Need Something Here>;
}
Thank you for your answer. While it did resolve the error mentioned above, I've now run into another issue. Pretty much, I am looking to just save the most recent crossing date into a variable to reference at a later time. But if I need to declare the value of that same variable under the 'else', it will overwrite the stored variable.

Writing the value as shown breaks the label I am using for testing:
Code:
def c1Date;

if MidpointLine > Offset1 && MidpointLine[1] <= offset[1] {
    c1Date = GetYYYYMMDD();
} else {
    c1Date = c1Date;
}
 
Perhaps I am going about this the wrong way. Could you point me to any code that accomplishes what I'm doing?

Just looking to pull the date and price of the daily midpoint value of a stock when it crosses over my trendline.
 
@ADM1992 just have it carry the previous value.
Ruby:
def c1Date;

if MidpointLine > Offset1 && MidpointLine[1] <= offset[1] {
    c1Date = GetYYYYMMDD();
} else {
    c1Date = c1Date[1];
}
 
Solution
@ADM1992 just have it carry the previous value.
Ruby:
def c1Date;

if MidpointLine > Offset1 && MidpointLine[1] <= offset[1] {
    c1Date = GetYYYYMMDD();
} else {
    c1Date = c1Date[1];
}
Thank you for this! I was able to start from here and modify it exactly where I needed it to be.

I'm now well on my way to recreating Hurst's market cycle projections.
 

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