StaticVarGenerateRanks and padding, was: Static Variable value missing

[peterfin]

Hello,

while running the following code in Exploration I am not getting any values for tickerMom on older dates. Perpahs one or more stock was not traded in that time. But why there is no value for any of the stocks (majority of the tickers where traded back in 2010).

wlnum = GetOption( "FilterIncludeWatchlist" );
List = CategoryGetSymbols( categoryWatchlist, wlnum ) ;

if( Status( "stocknum" ) == 0 )
{

    StaticVarRemove( "ticker*" );

    // ticker ranking
    for( n = 0; ( sym = StrExtract( list, n ) ) != ""; n++ )
    {
        SetForeign( sym );
        //mom = ROC( C, 20 );
        mom = C;
        RestorePriceArrays();
        StaticVarSet( "mom" + sym, mom );
    }

    StaticVarGenerateRanks( "tickerrank", "mom", 0 , 1224 );
}

sym = Name();
tickerMom = StaticVarGet( "mom" + sym );

Filter = 1;
AddColumn( C, "Close", 1.2 );
AddColumn( tickerMom, "StaticValue", 1.2);

If I run this code in Exploration for example on Nasdaq 100 watchlist from 1.1.2010 - 1.1.2013 I get no value in StaticValue column. If I run it on later dates, I get the values...

[Tomasz]

Please search the forum it was already discussed:

Ranking sometimes not working (when you have holes in data)

Hi all, I have some ranking code that I intend to use to downsize the stock selection universe. In general it works, but sometimes it’s not producing any trade. For example, this code works as expected: if (Status( "stocknum" ) == 0) { for (i = 0; ( symbol = StrExtract( watchlist, i ) ) != ""; i++) { SetForeign(symbol); rank = ROC(C, 20); RestorePriceArrays(); StaticVarSet("values" + symbol, rank); } StaticVarGenerateRanks("rank", "values", 0, 1224 ); } // ... and later, …

[peterfin]

Thank you @Tomasz
It was the matter of "Pad and align".