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Hi Dave,

Thanks for your response. I've been trying to source a method, as I don't want to keep pestering you with questions, but I'm having trouble logging the response column to the data file to capture responses. Ideally I would like to record their response/data as a string, and from my inquisition I believe the 'response' data column only records ASCII codes.

Many thanks again,
Josh

This place is for asking question -- it's not pestering at all.

As to your question:
#1: Keypress responses in *<trial>* elements are recorded as *keyboard scancodes* (not the same as ASCII codes). There is no way to change that.
#2: Your last question involved an *<openended>* element, however. The response column will reflect whatever the participant typed. This will *not* be translated to keyboard scancodes or ASCII codes. I.e., if a participant responds "banana", that's exactly what the response column will have in it.

Wonderful, thanks for clearing that up Dave - everything's working and data recording is correct. I'm ready to publish the study online now - thanks again!

Josh

Hi Dave,

Sorry to bother you with one more question (and if you would prefer me to start a new topic I'll happily do so), but I wish to host my study via Prolific Academic, which requires a link back to the latter's website at the end of the study; thus, how do I add a hyperlink? I have searched, and attempted:

<item prolink>
/1 = "*hyperlink goes here*"
</item>
 
<trial link>
/stimulustimes = [1 = prolink]
/timeout = 1000000
</trial>

<block link>
/trials = [1 = noreplace(link)]
</block>

Alas, this does not work (as you might have guessed).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,
Josh

That's not something you do in the script. Instead you specify the URL you want to redirect to in your web experiment's settings:

That's fantastic Dave, thanks a lot!