Syntax
public Dictionary<string, List<string>> FindSymbols(string symbols)
Parameter Description
| symbols |
Symbol name (or a list of symbols) to find |
Description
Sometimes, you need to know which DataSet(s) contain some particular symbol name(s). This function lets you find DataSets which include a given symbol. Passing a list of symbols is also supported.
When passing multiple symbol names, separate them with one of these characters: comma (','), semicolon (';'), or space (' '). (Consequently, space couldn't be a part of the symbol name.)
A
Dictionary is returned, where the
Key collection contains symbol name(s), and the
Value collection contains the list of DataSet names where a corresponding symbol name was found.
Example
Check out this example which makes the function's usage easy:
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Drawing;
using Community.Components;
using WealthLab;
namespace WealthLab.Strategies
{
public class SearchForClickedSymbol : WealthScript
{
protected override void Execute()
{
Utility u = new Utility(this);
ClearDebug();
// Dialog to manually input some symbol(s)
string symbols = Utility.Input();
// FindSymbols output
Dictionary<string, List<string>> result = new Dictionary<string, List<string>>();
result = u.FindSymbols(symbols);
foreach( KeyValuePair<string, List<string>> kvp in result )
{
//Looping by each symbol...
PrintDebug("Symbol: " + kvp.Key);
// ...display every DataSet found
foreach( string ds in kvp.Value )
PrintDebug("DataSet name: " + ds);
}
}
}
}