Search for a bar by its time. The function returns the index of the bar which covers the specified time
- Parameters
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symbol | Symbol the data of which should be used to calculate indicator. NULL means the current symbol |
timeframe | Timeframe. It can be any of following values:
PERIOD_CURRENT | 0 | Current timeframe |
PERIOD_M1 | 1 | 1 minute |
PERIOD_M5 | 5 | 5 minutes |
PERIOD_M15 | 15 | 15 minutes |
PERIOD_M30 | 30 | 30 minutes |
PERIOD_H1 | 60 | 1 hour |
PERIOD_H4 | 240 | 4 hours |
PERIOD_D1 | 1440 | 1 day |
PERIOD_W1 | 10080 | 1 week |
PERIOD_MN1 | 43200 | 1 month |
PERIOD_M2 | 2 | 2 minutes |
PERIOD_M3 | 3 | 3 minutes |
PERIOD_M4 | 4 | 4 minutes |
PERIOD_M6 | 6 | 6 minutes |
PERIOD_M10 | 10 | 10 minutes |
PERIOD_M12 | 12 | 12 minutes |
PERIOD_M20 | 20 | 20 minutes |
PERIOD_H2 | 120 | 2 hours |
PERIOD_H3 | 180 | 3 hours |
PERIOD_H6 | 360 | 6 hours |
PERIOD_H8 | 480 | 8 hours |
PERIOD_H12 | 720 | 12 hours |
|
time | Time value for searching |
exact | Return mode when the bar is not found (false - iBarShift returns the nearest, true - iBarShift returns -1) |
- Returns
- Index of the bar which covers the specified time. If there is no bar for the specified time (history "gap"), the function
will return -1 or the nearest bar index (depending on exact parameter)