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a mysterious bug

RBalas — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 01:44:02 GMT

Dear Users,

I attach a script for a study on evaluative conditioning. The thing is that it does not run and does not send an error message, as well. Not that I need those messages desperately, oh no! I checked every bit of this script twice and I cannot find any mistake that would prevent it from running smoothly.

I hope you can help me to find a solution to this.

Waiting...
Robert

RE: a mysterious bug

RBalas — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 01:44:02 GMT

Dear Dave,

Let me call you MY MASTER from now on.

Thanks a lot - that's been very helpful

All the best,
Robert

RE: a mysterious bug

Dave — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 09:25:39 GMT

Okay, that clarification (things run out of order) helps. Your problem is

<page instrukcja wstep EAST>
...
</page>

First, element names may not include spaces. Rename the page to e.g.

<page instrukcja_wstep_EAST>
...
</page>

Second, there is a stray double-quote in the <page>. Since the parser uses double-quotes to determine where elements and attributes begin and end, stray quotes will cause the parser to "not see" elements following the stray quote.

<page instrukcja_wstep_EAST>
...
[...] negatywnego (np. "diabeł”).
...
</page>

Notice that the quotes are not identical: The first one is ", while the second one is ”.

I.e, there is no counterpart to the 1st double-quote character. To make life easier for you in the future, please *always* properly escape any special characters when using them in <page> elements or in items. You will find this covered in the special characters topic in the documentation.

I've fixed the mistake in the attached file.

RE: a mysterious bug

RBalas — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 01:51:46 GMT

Dave,

And now it completely mixes block order and runs whatever block it wants. No pattern....

HILFE!

Best,
Robert

RE: a mysterious bug

RBalas — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 01:49:36 GMT

Dear Dave,

1. When I want to check the experiment in a test mode, it doesn't start at all.
2. It starts on RUN or MONKEY, but it reverses the block order (block 2 and blocks 3-5), i.e. instead of presenting block 2 it goes directly to blocks 3-5 and only after that it returns to block 2. I don't get it.

Im running 4.0.9.0 on Mac (build 2657) - I think its the latest.

RE: a mysterious bug

Dave — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 16:30:04 GMT

I'm not sure whether I'm misinterpreting "does not run". The script works fine for me, i.e., it does run its blocks, trials, etc.

Could you please elaborate what exactly you mean by "does not run" or "(not) running smoothly"?

Also: Which Inquisit version are you using? (And: If it's not the latest Inquisit 4 release, update your installation, please.)