Random Questions?

[Jim Ault]

And this is *definitely* a case where you should be SURE to reset the
lineDelimeter to a return character.  All kinds of havoc could ensue if you
forget to undo this special setting.

I would prefer to use
   set the itemDelimeter to "|"
>      put any ITEM of fld "questionList" into fld "question"
   set the itemDelimeter to ","

since I frequently set the itemDelim to tab (or other), I always assume I
need to set it before each use.

Jim Ault
Las Vegas

On 10/1/05 10:47 AM, "Phil Davis" <davis.phil at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi again -
> 
> I just realized I may have answered what you weren't asking.  :o/
> 
> It's still easy! If you have questions that contain multiple
> CR-delimited lines, you can do this:
> 
> 1) separate complete questions with a character that will never appear
> in the questions - like a pipe "|" or tilde "~".
> 
> 2) put that special character between questions.
> 
> 3) Refer to it this way in code:
>      set the lineDelimiter to "~" -- or whatever the char is
>      put any line of fld "questionList" into fld "question"
> 
> Thanks -
> Phil
> 
> Phil Davis wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> SupermanSlyr at aol.com wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm trying to make a testing program that inserts random questions
>>> into a  field when the card is open. I was not sure exactly how to go
>>> about doing this.  This is what I tried to do. I put a field on each
>>> card with a few names on it,  just to see if I had the random thing
>>> down. The I made the field invisible. I  tried to scripted the card to:
>>> On opencard
>>> get random(item 1 of field "ranName") put it into field "Question"
>>> end opencard  
>>> (I know I said the field has names in it. I  just wanted to see if I
>>> could get random text this way before I went nuts adding  long
>>> questions.) 
>>> Also I'm still not 100% sure how (even if the above did work) to
>>> make  the question occupy more than just one line of text. I assume
>>> I'd have  to use "item" and maybe a chunk operation? Because I wasn't
>>> sure how  Revolution knows when an item begins, and when it ends. I
>>> just want to make  a simple testing program that doesn't always give
>>> the same questions. I  know the answer is probably very simple, and
>>> right under my nose again.
>> 
>> 
>> You're right - it's easy.
>> 
>> If 'random' is confusing, you can do this instead to display long
>> questions:
>> 
>>  put any line of fld "ranName" into fld "question"
>> 
>> In Rev fields, a "line" is a string of text ending with a CR. That
>> means it can "soft wrap" in a field an still be used as a single line.
>> 
>> HTH -
>> Phil Davis
> 
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