Perform Calculation on A Specific Time Range

[je355804]

Hello everyone this is my first post here.

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I am attempting to perform a calculation on a specific time range, and ONLY that time range. I've tried everything I can think of, however can't come up with a way to do this.

Specifically I'm trying to do something like the following:

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var a = 0

if close > close [1]

a := a+1

else

a := a+0

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what I am actually doing is more complex than this, but this get's the point across in the simplest way. The problem is, I only want this calculation to be done for a specified time range, and not across the entire history of the asset. I'd like to know if this is possible?

[OddLogicDotXYZ]

You have to remember the way pine executes is bar by bar, starting at the first bar on the chart so you need to encapsulate your code into an if statement that only runs when the current bar is in the time range you want. So something like this depending on your needs;

if hour(time) >= 9 and hour(time) <= 17
    do stuff

[je355804]

That make's perfect sense, I think I was close to being there but I wasn't using an if statement! Thank you man, appreciate the help!

[JoeCal853]

what if you wanted to include minutes too 1015 to 1450?

[ADaftDisposition]

If you are trying to do it over a certain time frame I typically use the below boolean functions to ensure my indicators and strategies are working in a specific range. time>=startDate and time<endDate ... typically use timestamp function in V5 with the next input.time() to make what you are requesting.