How to close a function within the EA

Hi there i am still new to programming MQL4 , I am useing an iCustom() function and it gets initialised in the beginning of my code.. now if it gets initialised , how do I deinitialise it without having to restart my EA...

I need to do this because everytime it loads (with each tick) it gets stored in memory and no matter how much memory you have this will eventiually run out and your stuck with the error:

Memory handler : cannot allocate 630892 bytes of memory

any ideas how to overcome this?

Thanks a bunch!

you can only obtain a value, not to call it from your EA
i've told you to use a variable to obtain certain value from the function

It sounds like you are in a nasty situation. You could look at restructuring your code so that iCustom is not called for every tick. If that is not possible, then you need to incorporate the indicator's code into the EA.

hey xlr8er...... we have a saying over here you might find interesting....

"what happens in vegas stays in vegas"......

similarly, what is initialized in the init stays in the init......

if you assign a value in the init section and do not reassign it in the start function, it keeps it's original startup value......

take a look at the code here..... slowly run a visual backtest and watch the comments..... the macd and ask variables change..... the initask and initmacd, which were assigned in the init section keep their first value.....


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we are really just guessing without more specific info...... and that would be my best guess at a solution.......

assign the icustom variable in the init section only.......h

I do believe your basic assumption is not correct. (External) Function code gets loaded once on it's first call, after that it stays in memory and is not reloaded again. It might get paged out, but that is out of your control. If you are running out of memory, there is probably a different problem. Processing tick-by-tick is a big waste of CPU unless it is very necessary, but that is a separate problem.