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Variables documentation 3 years 3 months ago #7465

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Hi there,

I'm looking for clarity on what should be added in the answer field and 'correct' field when setting up a variable MCQ, see attachment. I gave an end user the variable guide but they came back to me to say the guide doesn't mention what goes in these fields. Could someone clarify and possibly update the guide just so it's absolutely clear.

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Alison
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Variables documentation 3 years 3 months ago #7470

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Hi Alison
There are two options for how to do this:
1. Create a fourth variable (e.g. called 'd') with the fixed value of
[a]+[b]+[c]
and then reference the new variable in the answer field e.g. [d]
2. Dynamically calculate the answer directly in the answer field without the need for a new variable to be created. This can be done in this format:
[{[a]+[b]+[c]}]
where the [{ }] indicate that the variable sum within should be calculated rather than just shown on screen as separate variables.
Option 2 is a newer feature that I think has only been available since 3.9 so isn't in the variable guide that was written before then. I'll add info about how to do this & make how you would do option 1 a bit clearer. Thanks for flagging this up
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Variables documentation 3 years 3 months ago #7471

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Hi Fay,

Thank you for this. I got it working using the first option but the second option is good to have too! It's been a long time since I used variables.

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Alison
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Variables documentation 2 years 10 months ago #7781

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Hello everyone,

Does someone have an overview of interactive pages that work with variables.

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Menno

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