increasing/decreasing percentage - pie chart/ circular graph

Susan susangc7 at gmail.com
Wed May 12 17:00:53 UTC 2010


Here's a thought: while c.GetAttrib takes parens, c.SetAttrib does
not; I believe the general form should be:

c.SetAttrib "CurrentPerc", "12"

or whatever. That should fix that particular error. You may also have
a problem because all attributes are strings, so conversion to integer
may be necessary in some places.

HTH,
Susan

On May 12, 12:37 pm, Matt Paffel <mpaf... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Arrrgggh!!!
>
> So I've spent the last couple of days trying to place the various code
> within the experiment. every time i try to do so i get the error
> messages "SetAttrib is not a property of the object" when i put any of
> the above script in or "CurrentPerc is not an assignable property of
> the object" when i try to set CurrentPerc as an attribute, any
> suggestions?
>
> On May 5, 11:25 am, Matt Paffel <mpaf... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > oops, should have spell checked. just got a little too excited to get
> > to work.
>
> > On May 5, 11:23 am, Matt Paffel <mpaf... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > wow, thanks a lot to the both of you! what a nice bit of information
> > > to find upon arrivign to work thsi morning!
>
> > > On May 5, 11:00 am, Michiel Spape <Michiel.Sp... at nottingham.ac.uk>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > Just as MatLab started half an hour of calculations, I see your corrections and thought I could add the following:
>
> > > > If IsNumeric(mySlide.RESP) then
> > > >         If (currentPerc + cint(mySlide.RESP)-5 > 0) AND (currentPerc + cint(mySlide.RESP)-5 < 100) then _
> > > >         currentPerc = currentPerc + cint(mySlide.RESP)-5
> > > >         c.SetAttrib("myPicture"), "pie" & cstr(currentPerc) & ".bmp"
> > > >         goto Label1
> > > > End if
> > > > ... no need for else; any numberic key will be seen as an increment or decrement of the pie (9 point scale, bit biased to save code).
> > > > Best,
> > > > Mich
>
> > > > Michiel Spapé
> > > > Research Fellow
> > > > Perception & Action group
> > > > University of Nottingham
> > > > School of Psychology
>
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: e-prime at googlegroups.com [mailto:e-prime at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David McFarlane
> > > > Sent: 05 May 2010 15:14
> > > > To: e-prime at googlegroups.com
> > > > Subject: Re: increasing/decreasing percentage - pie chart/ circular graph
>
> > > > Sorry, couldn't quite let that pair of exhaustive-and-mutually-exclusive
> > > > If...Thens stand (and while at it also added a couple comments, and used
> > > > line continuation characters to break long lines):
>
> > > > If mySlide.resp = 2 then  ' increase pie slice
> > > >      If c.GetAttrib("CurrentPerc") < 100 then _
> > > >          c.SetAttrib("CurrentPerc"), c.GetAttrib("CurrentPerc") + 1
> > > >      c.SetAttrib("myPicture"), "pie" & cstr(c.GetAttrib("CurrentPerc")) _
> > > >          & ".bmp"
> > > >      goto Label1
> > > > ElseIf mySlide.resp = 1 then  ' decrease pie slice
> > > >      If c.GetAttrib("CurrentPerc") > 1 then c.SetAttrib("CurrentPerc"), _
> > > >          c.GetAttrib("CurrentPerc") - 1
> > > >      c.SetAttrib("myPicture"), "pie" & cstr(c.GetAttrib("CurrentPerc")) _
> > > >          & ".bmp"
> > > >      goto Label1
> > > > End If
>
> > > > Might also use a variable instead of an attribute reference for
> > > > CurrentPerc, thus,
>
> > > > Dim  currentPerc
> > > > If mySlide.resp = 2 then  ' increase pie slice
> > > >      If (currentPerc < 100) then currentPerc = currentPerc + 1
> > > >      c.SetAttrib("myPicture"), "pie" & cstr(currentPerc) & ".bmp"
> > > >      goto Label1
> > > > ElseIf mySlide.resp = 1 then  ' decrease pie slice
> > > >      If (currentPerc > 1) then currentPerc = currentPerc - 1
> > > >      c.SetAttrib("myPicture"), "pie" & cstr(currentPerc) & ".bmp"
> > > >      goto Label1
> > > > End If
>
> > > > And to complete the exercise, let's use Select...Case:
>
> > > > Dim  currentPerc
> > > > Select Case mySlide.RESP
> > > >    Case 2  ' increase pie slice
> > > >      If (currentPerc < 100) then currentPerc = currentPerc + 1
> > > >      c.SetAttrib("myPicture"), "pie" & cstr(currentPerc) & ".bmp"
> > > >      goto Label1
> > > >    Case 1  ' decrease pie slice
> > > >      If (currentPerc > 1) then currentPerc = currentPerc - 1
> > > >      c.SetAttrib("myPicture"), "pie" & cstr(currentPerc) & ".bmp"
> > > >      goto Label1
> > > > End Select
>
> > > > -- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder
>
> > > > On 5 May 2010 Michiel Spape wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > A) You could, of course, just do away with almost all of the inline code, make some nice graphics yourself and just making a little procedure with a slide and a loop. Just name your 100 pictures of pies to be something like pie50.bmp (for 50%). Have a slide (mySlide, with, importantly, a reference to attribute [myPicture]), a little label before that (Label1), a single inline after that:
>
> > > > > If mySlide.resp = 2 then
> > > > >    If c.GetAttrib("CurrentPerc") < 100 then c.SetAttrib("CurrentPerc"), c.GetAttrib("CurrentPerc") + 1
> > > > >    c.SetAttrib("myPicture"), "pie" & cstr(c.GetAttrib("CurrentPerc")) & ".bmp"
> > > > >    goto Label1
> > > > > end if
> > > > > If mySlide.resp = 1 then
> > > > >    If c.GetAttrib("CurrentPerc") > 1 then c.SetAttrib("CurrentPerc"), c.GetAttrib("CurrentPerc") - 1
> > > > >    c.SetAttrib("myPicture"), "pie" & cstr(c.GetAttrib("CurrentPerc")) & ".bmp"
> > > > >    goto Label1
> > > > > end if
>
> > > > > Should work. Any response other than 1 or 2 is taken as final answer.
>
> > > > > B) If you insist on using loads of canvas, my advice is to do something similar to the above - i.e. check for a response (for instance, just use a little, blank textdisplay with duration 0 and timelimit infinite), or even continually check for a response, loop, &c.
>
> > > > > Best,
> > > > > Mich
>
> > > > > Michiel Spapé
> > > > > Research Fellow
> > > > > Perception & Action group
> > > > > University of Nottingham
> > > > > School of Psychology
>
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: e-prime at googlegroups.com [mailto:e-prime at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Matt Paffel
> > > > > Sent: 04 May 2010 20:14
> > > > > To: E-Prime
> > > > > Subject: increasing/decreasing percentage - pie chart/ circular graph
>
> > > > > Hello,
>
> > > > > I'm trying to develop a behavioral choice task in which a participant
> > > > > will be able to increase or decrease a percentage of pie dependent
> > > > > upon the contingency of the experiment. I've attached the code that I
> > > > > was planning on using, which I took from the e-basic help file. There
> > > > > are a couple of lines that I plan on removing from the script such as
> > > > > the lines referencing "random" and "nCount". However, overall this is
> > > > > aesthetically what I want the program to look like. My question is; I
> > > > > want the participant to be able to increase and decrease the
> > > > > percentage of pie using the 1 and 2 keys. I'm having trouble finding
> > > > > lines of script, or references pertaining to, what I'd like to achieve
> > > > > within the design. Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> > > > > 'Create a Canvas
> > > > > Dim cnvs As Canvas
> > > > > 'Set cnvs as the current, onscreen canvas
> > > > > Set cnvs = Display.Canvas
> > > > > 'Declare variables used to set the size of the canvas
> > > > > Dim XRes As Integer, YRes As Integer
> > > > > 'Set the canvas size as the entire screen resolution
> > > > > XRes = Display.XRes
> > > > > YRes = Display.YRes
>
> > > > > 'Declare and initialize variables to be used when drawing the sections
> > > > > of the circle
> > > > > Const nRadius As Integer = 100
> > > > > Dim nStartAngle As Integer, nEndAngle As Integer
> > > > > Dim nCount As Integer
>
> > > > > 'Initialize variables
> > > > > nStartAngle = 90
> > > > > nEndAngle = 90
>
> > > > > 'Declare variables to be used to randomly select the delay value
> > > > > Dim nRandom As Integer
> > > > > Dim nDelay As Integer
> > > > > 'Select a random number to determine the value of the delay between
> > > > > the drawing of each section of the circle
> > > > > nRandom = Random (1, 2)
> > > > > 'If the random number chosen is 1, the nDelay value is set to 500 ms.
> > > > > 'Otherwise, the nDelay value is set to 1000 ms.
> > > > > If nRandom = 1 Then
> > > > > nDelay = 500
> > > > > Else
> > > > > nDelay = 1000
> > > > > End If
>
> > > > > 'Set color of pen for pie slice
> > > > > cnvs.PenColor = CColor("red")
> > > > > cnvs.FillColor = CColor("red")
> > > > > 'The For...Next statement repeats a block of statements a specified
> > > > > number of times
> > > > > 'incrementing a loop counter by a given increment each time through
> > > > > the loop
> > > > > 'In this sample, the nCount variable is incremented by one each time
> > > > > through the loop allowing ten pie slices to be drawn.
>
> > > > > For nCount = 1 to 10
>
> > > > > 'Adjust startAngle to specify where to start each section of the
> > > > > circle each time a pie slice is drawn
> > > > > nStartAngle = nStartAngle - 36
> > > > > 'Draw a pie slice with center point at x, y and radius r, starting at
> > > > > startAngle and drawing to endAngle.
> > > > > cnvs.Pie XRes/2, YRes/2, nRadius, nStartAngle, nEndAngle
> > > > > 'Sleep before drawing next pie slice
> > > > > Sleep nDelay
> > > > > Next nCount
> > > > > 'Set fill color to white before clearing canvas
> > > > > cnvs.FillColor = CColor("white")
> > > > > 'Clear canvas
> > > > > cnvs.clear
> > > > > 'Set the value of the delay as an attribute in the data file
>
> > > > > Thank you.
>
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