How Example Formats are Interpreted

The following describes how answers will be formatted, based on the assigned example format:

Text Variables

Number Variables

Many of these formats will change depending on whether you assign decimal places to the answer. How many decimal places you assign also affects the outcome.

Date Variables

For additional date formats, please see Additional Date Formats.  

True/False Variables

Multiple Choice Variables

The format assigned to a Multiple Choice variable depends on whether the variable is set to allow only one selection (Select One) or multiple selections (Select All That Apply). If set to Select One, the answer will be formatted like Text variables are formatted. Please see the formats table for Text Variables for a description of each option. If the variable is set to Select All That Apply, the answer will be formatted like repeated answer lists are formatted. Please see the table for answer lists for a description of each option.

Computation Variables

Formats for Computation variables depend on the type of computation script you are creating. If you are calculating numbers, the formats are the same as Number variables. If you are working with text, the formats available are the same as Text variables.

Answer Lists

To create a list of answers, you can either create a Multiple Choice variable and assign the Select All That Apply property for it, or you can create a REPEAT instruction. The following list of formats describes the format for each type of list.

When creating lists of answers using a REPEAT instruction, the formats with all capital letters only capitalize the conjunction in the sentence, for example, the word AND. Individual answers in the list are either merged as the user types them or as you have specified for each variable.