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Section titled “type”

Overview

Section titled “Overview”

This keyword allows the declaration of user-defined types (UDT) from which scripts can instantiate objects. UDTs are composite types that contain an arbitrary number of fields of any built-in or user-defined type, including the defined UDT itself. The syntax to define a UDT is:

Syntax

Section titled “Syntax”
[export ]type <UDT_identifier>
    [varip ]<field_type> <field_name> [= <value>]
    …

Example

Section titled “Example”
//@version=6indicator("Multi Time Period Chart", overlay = true)timeframeInput = input.timeframe("1D")type bar    float o = open    float h = high    float l = low    float c = close    int   t = timedrawBox(bar b, right) =>    color boxColor = b.c >= b.o ? color.green : color.red    box.new(b.t, b.h, right, b.l, boxColor, xloc = xloc.bar_time, bgcolor = color.new(boxColor, 90))updateBox(box boxId, bar b) =>    color boxColor = b.c >= b.o ? color.green : color.red    box.set_border_color(boxId, boxColor)    box.set_bgcolor(boxId, color.new(boxColor, 90))    box.set_top(boxId, b.h)    box.set_bottom(boxId, b.l)    box.set_right(boxId, time)secBar = request.security(syminfo.tickerid, timeframeInput, bar.new())if not na(secBar)    // To avoid a runtime error, only process data when an object exists.    if not barstate.islast        if timeframe.change(timeframeInput)            // On historical bars, draw a new box in the past when the HTF closes.            drawBox(secBar, time[1])    else        var box lastBox = na        if na(lastBox) or timeframe.change(timeframeInput)            // On the last bar, only draw a new current box the first time we get there or when HTF changes.            lastBox := drawBox(secBar, time)        else            // On other chart updates, use setters to modify the current box.            updateBox(lastBox, secBar)