Working With WatchList

[G_Invest]

I am new to the thinkscript and this site.
I am trying to generate text for a watchlist that is n characters long. Basically I want to replicate a Character. In Excel it would be =REPT("x",4) where I am replicating the character "x", 4 times. --> "xxxx". I have tried fold but I can not get it to work. Here is my attempt.

Def RepCnt = 5;
Def upPoints = fold i = 1 to RepCnt with p = "" do Concat(p,"x");

Any Ideas? Thanks _ I get the feeling the problem is with the Text definition.

 

[halcyonguy]

I am new to the thinkscript and this site.
I am trying to generate text for a watchlist that is n characters long. Basically I want to replicate a Character. In Excel it would be =REPT("",4) where I am replicating the character "", 4 times. I have tried fold but I can not get it to work. Here is my attempt.

Def RepCnt = 5;
Def upPoints = fold i = 1 to RepCnt with p = "" do Concat(p,"*");

Any Ideas? Thanks _ I get the feeling the problem is with the Text definition.

can't be done like that.
def has to equal a number.
when def = a fold, it only outputs 1 number.


i had an idea. put the fold inside of a label, to combine text.
but it didn't work. it crashed tos.

# test_fold_3_text
input text = "abc";
input qty = 3;

addlabel(1,
(fold i = 1 to 50
with p
while i <= qty
do concat(p, text) )
, color.yellow);

the above code crashed tos

 

[G_Invest]

Thanks I will keep trying. I find TOS great for charts but a watchlist allow you to see many more instrument. FYI I am trying to put a "Candle Stick" on its side to visualize the breakouts better using the following characters... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_Elements#Character_table

 

[halcyonguy]

I am new to the thinkscript and this site.
I am trying to generate text for a watchlist that is n characters long. Basically I want to replicate a Character. In Excel it would be =REPT("x",4) where I am replicating the character "x", 4 times. --> "xxxx". I have tried fold but I can not get it to work. Here is my attempt.

Def RepCnt = 5;
Def upPoints = fold i = 1 to RepCnt with p = "" do Concat(p,"x");

Any Ideas? Thanks _ I get the feeling the problem is with the Text definition.

i made a text progress bar.
input a number and it draws that many characters in a label.
https://usethinkscript.com/threads/text-progress-bar-0-to-100.10813/