Is there an alternative way to add up multiple closes in Pine v5?

Question

Basically creating a custom indicator and need the previous indicator value added up. I’m currently using the following code:

exampleName = exCloseVal + exCloseVal[1] + exCloseVal[2] + exCloseVal[3] + exCloseVal[4] + exCloseVal[5]

Now let’s say I wanted the past 100 bar close values added up, would there be an alternative way to add them up, rather than typing it out the way I am up to 100?

Many thanks for reading and would greatly appreciate any help.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 09 '23 at 19:35

You can use math.sum for that.

math.sum(source, length) → series float

The sum function returns the sliding sum of last y values of x.

RETURNS
Sum of source for length bars back.\

ARGUMENTS
source (series int/float) Series of values to process.
length (series int) Number of bars (length).

exCloseVal_sum = math.sum(exCloseVal, 100)

Is there an alternative way to add up multiple closes in Pine v5?

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