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I'm trying to check for companies that have had revenue growth of 25% over the last year but the line giving me trouble is line 39 in the main.py file. It's commented out now, but it gives me a division by zero error at runtime. I assume this is because the relative change formula that I have can often result in 0 or a negative number.
Is this a good use case for try/except? I can't figure out what the syntax would be to have it except only one item.
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Fred Painchaud
Hello Tom,
If you had a division by 0 error, it is because x.FinancialStatements.IncomeStatement.TotalRevenue.OneMonth can be 0. Most probably, it means the information is not available.
I include a backtest that runs without error BUT it does not trade. I suspect you get no asset in your universe selection. Sorry I cannot give you more insight right now. Now you have something that runs, you might continue your research.
Fred
Tom Penrose
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