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Data and Properties
- Instrument Properties
  - CurrencyName
  - Category
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  - RootCode
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  - BidDateEx
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  - BidTimeEx
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  - ExpDateEx
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  - PreviousClose
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  - Settlement
  - SharesOut
  - SICCode
  - SymbolRoot
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  - TradeTime
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  - TradeVolume
  - Underlying
  - CallOpenInt
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  - q_IVolatility
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  - StrikePrice
- Level II
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- News
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  - GetTraderId
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- Now
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Math Functions
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- LogBaseN
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- Invalid
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- String Constants
  - NewLine
  - DoubleQuote
  - SingleQuote
  - Tab
  - EURSymbol
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Bar Information
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- ExecOffset
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Order Routing
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Errors and Warnings
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- Compiler Errors
  - C1000
  - C1001
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  - C1003
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  - C1005
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  - C1009
  - C1010
  - C1011
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- Runtime Errors
  - E3000
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  - E3015
  - E3016
  - E3017
  - E3018
  - E3019
  - E3020
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  - E3024
  - E3025
  - E3026
  - E3027
  - E3028
  - E3029
  - E3030
  - E3031
  - E3032
  - E3033
  - E3034
  - E3035
  - E3036
  - E3037
  - E3038
  - E3039
  - E3040
  - E3041
  - E3042
  - E3043
  - E3044
  - E3045
  - E3046
  - E3047
  - E3048
  - E3049
  - E3050
  - E3051
  - E3052
  - E3053
  - E3054
  - E3055
  - E3056

NewsGetStory

Returns the news story string the given index relates to.

Inputs

Index
Numeric: The news story index in the range of 1 to the value that was returned by calling NewsGetCount() for this bar.

Remarks

This function returns the corresponding information from your data provider.

Examples

Write all news records of the last bar to the output window

Variables: i; If IsLastBar Then Begin Print( "News=" + CStr( NewsGetCount() ) ); For i = 1 To NewsGetCount Begin Print( "#" + CStr( i ) + " " + CStr( NewsGetDateTime( i ) ) + " (" + CStr( NewsGetDate( i ) ) + " " + CStr( NewsGetTime( i ) ) + ")" + " ID=" + CStr( NewsGetID( i ) ) + " Source=" + NewsGetSourceName( i ) + " (" + CStr( NewsGetSource( i ) ) + ")" ); Print( NewsGetHeadline( i ) ); Print( NewsGetStory( i ) ); End; End;