By DCole9 - 2/19/2015
Hey Inquisiters,
I'm trying to have my experiment terminate itself after expt.name.elapsedtime becomes > a certain duration. I tried doing the following.
<trial>
...
/branch = [if (expt.myexpt.elapsedtime < 810000) block.theblock)]
</trial>
<exp myexptt>
/blocks [1 = theblock]
</expt>
This is giving me the error that block.theblock is the wrong element type. I suspect that is because I am trying to branch to a block from a trial? I have to code my experiment this way b/c my trials refresh on each button press (fills a bar). So I have blocks as my "trials". Is there a way to 'break' the experiment with a certain command or to branch to a block from a trial? Maybe there is something I am missing.
Thanks for your time,
Dan
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By DCole9 - 2/19/2015
I discovered the stop command--- seems to work well. I was testing it in my experiment section and set it to stop the experiment after just 1 second. However I noticed that the experiment continues well beyond one second. Does it always finish the current block/trial/etc. before it terminates?
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By Dave - 2/19/2015
<trial>
...
/branch = [if (expt.myexpt.elapsedtime < 810000) block.theblock)]
</trial>
You cannot branch from a trial to a block. Branches must be at the same level, i.e. a trial can branch to another trial, a block can branch to another block.
The /stop attribute will *not* interrupt the currently running trial. It will only kick in once the trial terminates.
If you want a *hard* interrupt, use the /timeout attribute.
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By DCole9 - 2/19/2015
Thanks for the response Dave. /stop seems suitable for me.
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