Ray, Didn't realize you were using Q+ :-) Think you will soon get used to and like the r2 syntax. Glad to help, as are many on the thread.
Gary has further changed it in the new beta--learn it and move effortlessly on to C :)
I seldom used println in r1, and then only to output left-justified columns. -like Println Symbol:-10, SIC:-5, MarketCap:7:1. Need the commas in r2 in order to sort the list by column.
Checked and the ,"", in < Println Symbol,"",",", " B Hammer , ",close(0):7:3 > is acceptable and gives output OK for r2. Maybe your margins are added when you paste the file into SI--matters not, they are easy enough to remove.
I'll give your home-grown candlestick scans a try. Quite a few of the patterns are hard-coded into WOW and especially MSWIN, but I never really got around to using them. Because IMO QuotesPlus (especially r2) has such a nice feel to it, I tend to use it more and more relative to MetaStock.
Bob |