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buyStock() Netscript Function
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.. js:function:: buyStock(sym, shares)
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:RAM cost: 2.5 GB
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:param string sym: Symbol of stock to purchase
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:param number shares: Number of shares to purchased. Must be positive. Will be rounded to nearest integer
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Attempts to purchase shares of a stock using a `Market Order <http://bitburner.wikia.com/wiki/Stock_Market#Order_Types>`_.
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If the player does not have enough money to purchase the specified number of shares, then no shares will be purchased. Remember
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that every transaction on the stock exchange costs a certain commission fee.
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If this function successfully purchases the shares, it will return the stock price at which each share was purchased. Otherwise,
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it will return 0.
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