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Talib Chart Patterns

Hey guys I'm just playing around with the chart patterns from talib and I'm curious as to what the output means exactly, I notice the docstring for the function of one of the chart patterns talib.CDL3BLACKCROWS() it says it will give an output of 0,-100,100. When I print the output values of the function, it's a numpy array composed of a bunch of zeros and then a 100 at index [-1] (the end of the numpy array). I'm assuming that 100 means the pattern occurred? That would make sense, what makes me curious is why there are a bunch of zeros prior to the actual 100 and what the -100 output value means? Can someone explain this to me and attach a random backtest of anything using a chart pattern so I can see how it's used. Thanks.