So from the very first word you are pretentious and archaic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whilst) .

If you are going to apply the KISS principle then you should do so correctly. Your code could have been simplified even further to just 2 lines of code. Like this:

{ User inputs }

pds:=Input("Indicator periods ",1,1000,10);

totPds:=Input("Total display periods",1,1000,10);

backPds:=Input("Right setback periods",0,1000,0);

{ Indicator example }

x:=Mov(C,pds,S);

{ Plot restriction }

start:=Cum(1)=LastValue(Cum(1))-totPds-backPds;

restricted:=Ref(Ref(x,-backPds),backPds)*ValueWhen(1,start,1);

{ Output }

restricted

Now isn’t 2 simpler than 3?

Quite frankly though I find this very suprising as it is quite out of the norm for you. From what I remember, anytime someone asked for assistance from you all they ever got was 50 lines of “accurate” calendar date generating code.

Is my code complex and redundant? Sure is! I’m the first to admit that it is. Was it overkill? Yep, there is no doubt that it was. Has it been plagiarized? Only if you consider that it is code that I wrote for another task and used in this application to answer a question put forth to a friendly user group. It was not someone else's written work. Not to worry though as I did indeed consult with myself about the use of the code and I decided that it would be okay for me to use it.

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/equismetastock/message/8910

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/equismetastock/message/8918

Do I understand the code? I obviously understand more about the code than you do. You see this code allows for more than just a restricted indicator display. Indeed it will also display a specified period trendline.

I do appreciate though the fact that you still enjoy monitoring the post of the EquisMetastock usergroup. I’m sure we’re going to be able to provide you with even more pearls in the future. Sorry I can’t invite you to join us though. Besides that would be conterproductive to your already too busy schedule what with all your private paying customers and board administration tasks. :-)

Preston

Once again Jose you surprise me.

You claim to understand the code yet you continue to write code that is in error.

I tried to warn you but you were so hellbent on your personal attack agenda that

you continue to offer the metastock community code that is flawed.

Compare the code below to yours and I think the error will be apparent.

So when is 10 equal to 11?

{Restricted Display v2.0}
{Written by Preston Umrysh}
{Correctly Displays an indicator for a specified period of time}

Pds:=Input("Indicator periods ",1,1111,10);

DisPds:=Input("Select Display Periods",1,1111,10);

BackPds:=Input("Select Setback Periods",0,1111,0);

{ Indicator }

Ind:=Mov(C,pds,S);

{ Restricted Display }

ResPds:= Alert(BarsSince(Cum(1)=LastValue(Cum(1)-(DisPds+BackPds))=1),1);

Plot:=ValueWhen(1,ResPds,Ref(Ref(Ind,-BackPds),BackPds));

Plot; {end}

Preston