reuse of randomly chosen stimuli


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Wonderful!
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Ok, I got it. Now everything's working. Thank you very much for your help.
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    list.chosenitemslist_1.setitem(list.allitemslist.nextvalue, 5);
    list.chosenitemslist_1.setitem(list.allitemslist.nextvalue, 6);
    list.chosenitemslist_1.setitem(list.allitemslist.nextvalue, 7);
    list.chosenitemslist_1.setitem(list.allitemslist.nextvalue, 8);

You don't want to replace items 5-8 in that list (they don't even exist!). You want to replace items 1-4, just as in the other list.

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OK, so I did something like this and the procedure displays only As in block c. Please show me where is the mistake.

* Pick 4 items at random onexptbegin and store item numbers in list.chosenitemslist *
<expt>
/ onexptbegin = [list.chosenitemslist.setitem(list.allitemslist.nextvalue, 1);
    list.chosenitemslist.setitem(list.allitemslist.nextvalue, 2);
    list.chosenitemslist.setitem(list.allitemslist.nextvalue, 3);
    list.chosenitemslist.setitem(list.allitemslist.nextvalue, 4);
    list.chosenitemslist_1.setitem(list.allitemslist.nextvalue, 5);
    list.chosenitemslist_1.setitem(list.allitemslist.nextvalue, 6);
    list.chosenitemslist_1.setitem(list.allitemslist.nextvalue, 7);
    list.chosenitemslist_1.setitem(list.allitemslist.nextvalue, 8);
    ]
/ blocks = [1=a; 2=b;  3=c]
</expt>

<block a>
/ trials = [1-4=mytrial]
</block>

<block b>
/ trials = [1-4=mytrial]
</block>

<block c>
/ trials = [1-4=mytrial_1]
</block>

<trial mytrial>
/ stimulusframes = [1=mytext]
/ validresponse = (57)
</trial>

<trial mytrial_1>
/ stimulusframes = [1=mytext_1]
/ validresponse = (57)
</trial>

* Stimulus Elements *
<text mytext>
/ items = myitems
/ select = list.chosenitemslist.nextvalue
</text>

<text mytext_1>
/ items = myitems
/ select = list.chosenitemslist_1.nextvalue
</text>

* 8 Items *
<item myitems>
/ 1 = "A"
/ 2 = "B"
/ 3 = "C"
/ 4 = "D"
/ 5 = "E"
/ 6 = "F"
/ 7 = "G"
/ 8 = "H"
</item>

* List Elements *
* Item numbers for the 8 potential stims *
* At the start of the experiment, 4 item numbers will be drawn from this list *
* and stored in list.chosenitemslist for use throughout the rest of the experiment *
<list allitemslist>
/ items = (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
/ selectionmode = random
/ replace = false
/ selectionrate = always
</list>

* Item numbers will be replaced onexptbegin *
<list chosenitemslist>
/ items = (1,1,1,1)
/ selectionmode = random
/ replace = false
/ selectionrate = trial
</list> 


<list chosenitemslist_1>
/ items = (1,1,1,1)
/ selectionmode = random
/ replace = false
/ selectionrate = trail  
</list>

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You do this the same way:

#1: Pull x items out and store them in a list to be used in blocks a and b (that's already there).

#2: Pull the remaining items out and store them in a different list to be used in block c (works just like #1).

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I hope this is the last question. How in the script you gave above make a following trick: all items not chosen onexptbegin are displayed in the block c? 
I'll be very grateful for help
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'Supreme being' is a fully justified title in your case. Thank you very much for your help. After update everything is working perfectly. 
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I believe you. I also believe you are using a severely outdated Inquisit version. Please make sure you update.

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Sorry to question what you say though I run the script in Inquisit 4.0 for "few subjects" and it is displaying only the letter A every time....  (I copied and pasted the script you provided; no changes at all). Maybe I have got some implicit settings that are wrong? Believe me I'm saying the truth - when I run it on my computer only the letter A is presented. I have no idea what is wrong...

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> What I mean is that in your script only FIRST four letters are chosen (this is A, B, C, D) every time the experiment is run

No, this is not true (as you can easily see by actually running the code). The code picks four *random* item numbers out of the the set of eight item numbers.

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