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Quick Question. I am new to QuantConnect
When I am in a class like an Alpha where I do not have a reference to the Algorithm class, how can I write information to the Log?
Any help much appreciated.
Will
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Jared Broad
Hi Will! The API is accessible via the algorithm object, you can see this in the Update(self, algorithm, data) method. The log method would be on algorithm.Log()
I've updated the documentation to make this more explicit for others who have this same question.
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Petter Hansson
Make a field in your algorithm class (here assuming it's called MyAlgorithm):
public static MyAlgorithm _instance;Or if you like, ,make it private and dress it properly in a singleton getter method...
Then you can do:
MyAlgorithm._instance.Log("This is a log message");IMO, a Lean algorithm inside the project assembly is a case where singleton/global is perfectly warranted.
Petter Hansson
It is late and I realized Python is a different language... and I can't delete my post, lol. Python still has globals though.
Will Berger
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