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open

The open method returns a floating open price for a given index.

var open(index);

index

Numeric index for which to retrieve the value.

Returns a floating open price value if index is valid, otherwise, returns null.

The following example demonstrates the use of open() method.

function calculate(beginIndex, endIndex)

{

//get the TimeSeries object instance for the symbol to which the study is attached to

var timeSeries = Chart.getTimeSeriesData(this.getAttachedSymbol());

if(timeSeries != null)

{

//retrieve last Value

if(timeSeries.count() > 0)

{

var lastOpenValue = timeSeries.open(timeSeries.count() - 1);

}