Overflow error message

[Leisha Wharfield]

I think that when you establish the attribute that gets points, it has 
to be a Long, not just a regular numeric attribute. That Long attribute 
accommodates larger numbers.

Leisha Wharfield
Decision Research
Eugene, Oregon USA

De Brito, Stephane wrote:

> Dear E-prime experts,
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> In one of my experiments, I have a counter on the screen that shows to 
> the participants how many points he has. However, when the counter 
> reaches 32'000 points or more I get an error message saying that there 
> is overflow. I found an entry in the list mentioning that this happens 
> when an integer variable reaches thirty-two thousand or more, but 
> there was no info as to how to fix this. What can I do to solve this 
> problem? Any help is much appreciated. Thank you in advance. I have 
> copied below the inline script where the problem occurs - line 3.
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> Best wishes,
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> Stephane
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> ' InLine - InLine1 BEGIN
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>             '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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>             If ImageDisplay1.RESP = ImageDisplay1.CRESP then
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>             point_fdbk = c.getAttrib ("points")
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>             total_point = total_point + c.getAttrib ("points") çwhere 
> the problem occurs
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> elseif ImageDisplay1.RT = 0 Then
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>                         total_point = total_point 
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> elseif ImageDisplay1.RESP <> Imagedisplay1.CRESP then
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>             point_fdbk = c.getAttrib ("points")
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>             total_point = total_point - c.getAttrib ("points")
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> 'elseif ImageDisplay1.RT = 0 Then
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> '                       total_point = total_point 
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> end if
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> c.SetAttrib "point_fdbk", point_fdbk
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> c.SetAttrib "total_point", total_point
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> If ImageDisplay1.RT = 0 then
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>             If c.GetAttrib ("punishment") = 0 then
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>                         omission_counter = 1
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>                         passiveavoidance_counter = 0 'added between 
> subject 5 & 6
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>             else
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>                         omission_counter = 0
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>                         passiveavoidance_counter = 0 'added between 
> subject 5 & 6
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>             end if
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> end if
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> If ImageDisplay1.RT >0 then
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>             If c.GetAttrib ("punishment") = 1 then
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>                         passiveavoidance_counter = 1
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>                         omission_counter = 0 'added between subject 4 & 5
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>             else
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>                         passiveavoidance_counter = 0
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>                         omission_counter = 0 'added between subject 4 & 5
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>             end if
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> end if
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> c.SetAttrib "omission_counter", omission_counter
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> c.SetAttrib "passiveavoidance_counter", passiveavoidance_counter
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> -----------------------------------------------------------------
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> Stephane De Brito, PhD student
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> Institute of Psychiatry
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> King's College London
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> Forensic Mental Health Science Department
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> Box P023
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> De Crespigny Park
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> Denmark Hill
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> London SE5 8AF
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> United Kingdom
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> (: + 44 (0) 20 7848 0711
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> 7: + 44 (0) 20 7848 0754
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> *: stephane.debrito at iop.kcl.ac.uk <mailto:stephane.debrito at iop.kcl.ac.uk>
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> ": http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk
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