calling for opinions

[Phil Davis]

Hi Ben,

If it works, that's the main thing! For now anyway.

Do you plan to reuse the approach for other quizzes in the future? If 
so, you might consider using a design that doesn't require additional 
coding (adding and totaling new globals) when the number of questions 
changes.

Here's one different approach, and I'm sure there are others that would 
also work.


Assumptions:

- all groups in the stack are answer groups


The concepts:

- at openStack time, put all answer groups into the correct state.

- let all answer data be stored as native properties of the objects used 
to represent answers. That way you can replicate the group as many times 
as you like, edit the radio buttons as needed, and know that each group 
will store its own data correctly.

- At "show score" time, process all properties that contain answer data.


The implementation:

- set the NAMES of all radioButtons to the values you want them to add 
to the final score: 1, 0, -1. It doesn't matter of you have duplicate 
button names in a group.

- set the LABELS of the radioButtons to the answers they represent - the 
actual text of the answer.

- put no code in your card or group scripts.

- put this handler in your stack script (watch line wraps):

on openStack -- or preOpenStack if you like
   -- put all answer groups into correct initial state
   put the number of cds into xMax
   repeat with x = 1 to xMax
     put the groupIDs of cd x into tList
     repeat for each line tGroup in tList
       set the hilitedButtonName of grp id tGroup of cd x \
           to empty
     end repeat
   end repeat
end openStack


- put this handler in your "show score" button:

on mouseUp
   -- init (not really needed - just my habit)
   put zero into tFinalScore

   -- collect all answer data
   put the number of cds into xMax
   repeat with x = 1 to xMax
     put the groupIDs of cd x into tList
     repeat for each line tGroup in tList
       add (the hilitedButtonName of grp id tGroup of cd x) \
           to tFinalScore
     end repeat
   end repeat

   -- display score
   put tFinalScore into fld "score"
end mouseUp


I didn't test any of this, so there may be a bug or two; but I think it 
would give you optimum flexibility in the long term.

HTH -
Phil Davis


Ben Bock wrote:
> I have a quiz that has 6 items per page, with 8 pages. The items are
> grouped radio buttons.
> 
> When the "NEXT PAGE" btn is pressed, a card script is triggered:
> 
> global b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6
> 
> --I  used globals for holding the value of each item, 1 = correct, -1
> = wrong, 0 = not answered
> 
> on closeCard
> 
> if the hilitedbutton of group "item1" = 1 then put "1" into b1
> 
> if the hilitedbutton of group "item1" = 2 then put "-1" into b1
> 
> if the hilitedbutton of group "item1" = 0 then put "0" into b1
> 
> --repeated for all items
> 
> 
> 
> at the end there is a field with a "show score" btn:
> 
> global b1,b2,b3,b4,b5,b6.....b45
> 
> --I have 45 items that each have a global variable
> 
> on mouseUp
> 
> put the sum (b1,b2,b3,b4,b5,b6...b45) into fld "b score"
> 
> end mouseUp
> 
> 
> 
> I've spent a good while getting it ready, and it works.  But...are
> there hidden dangers in my chosen approach?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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