Cannot use "fill" in local scope

Call fill() at the top level and choose its colour with the condition: na leaves the gap unfilled on the other bars.

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My script, Pine v6 indicator

TradingView's compiler stops at line 7

Cannot use "fill" in local scope

Static checks, which read the code as written: Passes static repaint & Pine Script v6 checks. Edit the script and the compiler line goes; the checks below follow your edits.

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request.security() calls, of a 40 limit

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Plots, of a 64 limit; 0 alerts

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Declares //@version=6, and none of the migration patterns this checker reads were found. TradingView's compiler is the final word.

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What causes it

fill() is one of the calls that create the script's outputs (plots, shapes, fills, background colours, horizontal lines, alert conditions), and Pine accepts those only at the top level of the script, not inside an if, for, switch or function block. The set of outputs is fixed before the first bar runs, so a condition can change what an output shows, not whether it exists.

The fix, compiled

Call fill() at the top level and choose its colour with the condition: na leaves the gap unfilled on the other bars.

Prints the error at line 7

//@version=6
indicator("My script", overlay = true)
bull = close > open
p1 = plot(high)
p2 = plot(low)
if bull
    fill(p1, p2, color.new(color.green, 80))

Compiles with no error

//@version=6
indicator("My script", overlay = true)
bull = close > open
p1 = plot(high)
p2 = plot(low)
fill(p1, p2, bull ? color.new(color.green, 80) : na)

Scope: where a call or an assignment may go

Compiled on TradingView 23 October 2026. The checker above reads repaint and v6 migration patterns; TradingView's compiler is the final word on whether a script compiles.

Method and privacy

Method: The script loaded in the checker was compiled on TradingView's Pine compiler on 23 October 2026 as //@version=6, and printed this error at line 7; the fix below compiled with no error or warning. Names such as variables come from the example and will differ in your script.

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