Problem with Backtrader example

[dvantw]

Hi all,
I'm new here. Looking forward to use backtrader! I'm kinda new into Python, so perhaps this is really a noob question. When I run this code (the example):

from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function,
                        unicode_literals)

import datetime  # For datetime objects
import os.path  # To manage paths
import sys  # To find out the script name (in argv[0])

# Import the backtrader platform
import backtrader as bt

if __name__ == '__main__':
    # Create a cerebro entity
    cerebro = bt.Cerebro()

    # Datas are in a subfolder of the samples. Need to find where the script is
    # because it could have been called from anywhere
    modpath = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))
    datapath = os.path.join(modpath, 'C:\\Users\\Cef\\orcl-1995-2014.txt')
    
    # Create a Data Feed
    data = bt.feeds.YahooFinanceCSVData(
        dataname=datapath,
        # Do not pass values before this date
        fromdate=datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1),
        # Do not pass values after this date
        todate=datetime.datetime(2000, 12, 31),
        reverse=False)

    # Add the Data Feed to Cerebro
    cerebro.adddata(data)

    # Set our desired cash start
    cerebro.broker.setcash(100000.0)

    # Print out the starting conditions
    print('Starting Portfolio Value: %.2f' % cerebro.broker.getvalue())

    # Run over everything
    cerebro.run()

    # Print out the final result
    print('Final Portfolio Value: %.2f' % cerebro.broker.getvalue())

I get the following error from Jupiter:

Starting Portfolio Value: 100000.00
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ValueError                                Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-7-50f233adde82> in <module>()
     37 
     38     # Run over everything
---> 39     cerebro.run()
     40 
     41     # Print out the final result

C:\Users\Cef\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\backtrader\cerebro.py in run(self, **kwargs)
    792             # let's skip process "spawning"
    793             for iterstrat in iterstrats:
--> 794                 runstrat = self.runstrategies(iterstrat)
    795                 self.runstrats.append(runstrat)
    796         else:

C:\Users\Cefe\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\backtrader\cerebro.py in runstrategies(self, iterstrat, predata)
    855                 data._start()
    856                 if self._dopreload:
--> 857                     data.preload()
    858 
    859         for stratcls, sargs, skwargs in iterstrat:

C:\Users\Cef\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\backtrader\feed.py in preload(self)
    664 
    665     def preload(self):
--> 666         while self.load():
    667             pass
    668 

C:\Users\Cef\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\backtrader\feed.py in load(self)
    459 
    460             if not self._fromstack(stash=True):
--> 461                 _loadret = self._load()
    462                 if not _loadret:  # no bar use force to make sure in exactbars
    463                     # the pointer is undone this covers especially (but not

C:\Users\Cef\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\backtrader\feed.py in _load(self)
    686         line = line.rstrip('\n')
    687         linetokens = line.split(self.separator)
--> 688         return self._loadline(linetokens)
    689 
    690 

C:\Users\Cef\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\backtrader\feeds\yahoo.py in _loadline(self, linetokens)
     90 
     91         dttxt = linetokens[next(i)]
---> 92         dt = date(int(dttxt[0:4]), int(dttxt[5:7]), int(dttxt[8:10]))
     93         dtnum = date2num(datetime.combine(dt, self.p.sessionend))
     94 

ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''

Problem integer which is zero?! Can someone help me out, thanks!

[backtrader]

The file you are trying to load contains something which is not meant for the YahooFinanceCSVData data feed. Hence the error.

Note: Please see the top of the page for how to add 3 tick marks to format code postings.

[backtrader]

Options:

• Post a sample of the file (use the 3 tick marks before and after to make sure the content is posted properly)

Something that may quickly offer you helpd:

• You may disable preloading in cerebro and print the incoming data in next until the exception is raised. The offending line in the data will be easier to spot. Use: cerebro.run(preload=False)

[dvantw]

thank you very much for the prompt answer. that worked.