Introducing break

[liwenna]

David,

Thanks for the compliment and for the simplified code! I'll put that
line to use right away!

Best,

liwenna

On Sep 29, 4:15 pm, David McFarlane <mcfar... at msu.edu> wrote:
> liwenna,
>
> Thanks for a nice explanation of this alternative method.  Please
> note that the lines
>
> if trialcounter mod 20 = 0 then
> else goto skiplabel
> end if
>
> could be simplified to just
>
> If (trialcounter mod 20) <> 0 Then Goto skiplabel
>
> (I also added capitalization and parentheses just to suit my style).
>
> Regards,
> -- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder
>
> At 9/29/2009 08:37 AM Tuesday, you wrote:
>
> >It sometimes happens however, that your desired number of trials
> >inbetween breaks does not correspond with the number of trials in your
> >triallist (I took this code for instance from a task with 36 trials in
> >one triallist that is repeated 8 times, and I wanted breaks every 20
> >trials).
>
> >You can do the following:
>
> >at the end of the trailproc add three consecutive elements:
> >- an inline
> >- a slide or textdisplay that is 'the break'
> >- a label called skiplabel
>
> >The inline should contain the following code:
> >---------------------------------------
> >           trialcounter = trialcounter + 1
>
> >            if trialcounter mod 20 = 0 then
>
> >            else goto skiplabel
> >            end if
> >--------------------------------------
> >For this code to work you also need to paste the following " dim
> >trialcounter as integer " on the usertab of the scriptwindow (remove
> >the " s).
> >If you use one single triallist (I don't in this case) you can also
> >remove the first line (trialcounter= trialcounter +1) and then replace
> >trialcounter mod 20 by triallist.sample mod 20 (triallist being the
> >name of your triallist).
>
> >What it does: a trialcounter keeps track of the number of trials. If
> >the number of trials can be divided by 20 (so: 20, 40, 80, 100 etc)
> >then nothing will happen and the program will follow the proc. As the
> >inline is followed by the breakslide, the breakslide will show. If the
> >number of trials can not be divided by 20, e-prime will immediately
> >'goto' the skiplabel and as that is placed after the breakslide, the
> >breakslide will be 'skipped'.
>
> >Best regards,
>
> >liwenna
>
> >On Sep 28, 10:55 pm, alp115 <asmahani... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Thanks Adam.
>
> > > On Sep 28, 4:08 pm, Adam Osth <adamo... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > You can do that really easily without any coding.
>
> > > > Construct a list. Have all of your test trials come up during a given
> > > > procedure, like say TrialProc.
>
> > > > Set the TrialProc's weight to 20 for 20 repetitions.
>
> > > > In level 2 of the list, come up with a break procedure called
> > BreakProc (or
> > > > whatever you want to call it) that contains the break. If you
> > want to resume
> > > > the trials after the break, for level 3 set TrialProc as the procedure.
>
> > > > Adam
>
> > > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:03 PM, alp115 <asmahani... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > Dear all,
>
> > > > > I am trying to introduce a break in the list of trials. Say, after 20
> > > > > trials, a text display comes introducing a break. After a response
> > > > > from the participant, experiment should resume from the same place
> > > > > where it left. Does some body has a piece of code to share? Any
> > > > > suggestions are well appreciated.
>
> > > As  ma Hanif
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