Currently, TradersStudio offers a MRO function that identifies if a "value" has occurred in the past.
Does TradersStudio offer a function to identify when a "condition" has occurred?

For example, if I wanted to identify the occurrence of a Doji in the recent past, I might be inclined to write:

If  MRO(Abs(Close - Open)/(High - Low) < .08, 5, 1)  <> -1 Then  . . .

If there is no such function, could you suggest an approach to test for a condition and identify the number of bars back it occurred?

Thank you.

Most Recent Occurrence (MRO) -- Function

The MRO function finds the most recent occurence of a value on the previous bar.

MostRecent = MRO(Val, Length[, Occur])

Syntax

Val
     Value on the current bar; function finds same values on the previous bars.

Length
     Number of bars back to look for the same value.

Occur
     Number of occurence. 1 to find most recent one, 2 to find second occurence, etc.

Remarks

The MRO function returns number of bars back it received same Val.  If Val was not passed within last Length bars, then it returns -1.

Occur argument is optional. If you don't pass it, then MRO function finds first occurence (assumes Occur = 1).

The following sample finds bars with the same price:

Sub test_MRO() Dim MostRecentOccur As Integer MostRecentOccur = MRO(Close, 10) If MostRecentOccur <> -1 Then Print Close, " ", MostRecentOccur, " bars ago" Else Print Close, " ", "never" End If End Sub

Thank you for your reply.

However, this did not answer my question. I had read the page description for the MRO function which you entered in your reply. This DOES discuss the fact that MRO looks for prior "values" having occurred.

That prompted my original question which was whether TradersStudio had an MRO-like function which could find a past occurrence of an event (such as a mathematical condition, an example of which I gave).

I asked the question because such a event or condition based MRO function is available in Trade Station, I have used it, and it would be great if I could find it in TradersStudio!

Thank you.

  I am not 100% sure if I am now answering your question but

The last argument is optional,  so

MRO(Close>Open, 10,1) 

returns the most recent occurence 

and 

MRO(Close>Open,50,2) 

returns the bar when it happen on the one before the most recent. 

That answers my question nicely. MRO can be used to identify a prior value as well as a conditional event or occurrence using a logic statement.

Thank you.