input.session() - Pine Script Function
input.session()
Section titled “input.session()”Overview
Section titled “Overview”Adds an input to the Inputs tab of your script’s Settings, which allows you to provide configuration options to script users. This function adds two dropdowns that allow the user to specify the beginning and the end of a session using the session selector and returns the result as a string.
Syntax
Section titled “Syntax”input.session(defval, title, options, tooltip, inline, group, confirm, display, active) → input stringParameters
Section titled “Parameters”| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| defval | const string | Determines the default value of the input variable proposed in the script’s “Settings/Inputs” tab |
| from | — | where the user can change it. When a list of values is used with the options parameter |
| the | — | value must be one of them. |
Returns
Section titled “Returns”Value of input variable.
Remarks
Section titled “Remarks”- Result of input.session function always should be assigned to a variable, see examples above.
Examples
Section titled “Examples”Example 1
Section titled “Example 1”//@version=6indicator("input.session", overlay=true)i_sess = input.session("1300-1700", "Session", options=["0930-1600", "1300-1700", "1700-2100"])t = time(timeframe.period, i_sess)bgcolor(time == t ? color.green : na)