Advanced - TimePeriodQueue

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TimePeriodQueue is a class that is provided for users doing Advanced coding of paintbars. It is similar to the FIFOQueue class except that where FIFOQueue has a set number of entries, TimePeriodQueue has a set time period over which the entries are collected.

For example, you could use it to see in a historical chart how many candles over the last 30 days were green. Note: not over the last 30 candles (for that you'd use FIFOQueue) but for the last 30 calendar days.

You create it by calling

new TimePeriodQueue(30, MTUtil.TimePeriodType.days);

for state-keeping purposes, there is a deep-copy function

public void CopyTo(TimePeriodQueue copy) // copies contents to identically defined Buffer

to add a value, you would call:

public void Add(float value, DateTime DT)

Here are the useful functions/properties

Name	Type	Purpose
Add	void	adds a value to the end of the buffer
Average	float	returns the average of the values in the buffer (Total/Count)
Clear	void	clears out/zeroes the buffer
Count	int	returns the number of values in the buffer
Newest	DateTime	newest date in the buffer
Oldest	DateTime	oldest date in the buffer
Total	float	returns the sum of all values in the buffer