Combing two different tasks into one program

[cogneuroisfun]

I had someone with a programming background look at my program and
were uncertain how to fix it as well. Is copying over a procedure a
bad way to add another task in? Would creating both programs from
scratch avoid some script compile problems?

On Sep 2, 8:37 pm, dkmcf <mcfar... at msu.edu> wrote:
> You need to sign up for a course in Introduction to Computer
> Programming.
>
> -- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder
>
> On Sep 2, 6:41 pm, cogneuroisfun <neuropsyc... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thank you for the reply. I did follow your advice and I understand how
> > the nested list works. (i forgot i could do that for tasks) however, i
> > keep on getting error messages about my inline script for one of my
> > tasks. i keep on getting error messages about my script saying it
> > cannot find certain things. however, everything for the task is
> > there.
>
> > does in line script often have problems when copying a procedure into
> > another e-prime program?
>
> > i cannot figure out how to stop getting error messages because it
> > appears as everything should be there and working
> > On Aug 9, 4:54 am, liwenna <liwe... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > hmmz how about....
>
> > > make a 'masterlist' with two levels. Into level 1 nest the 'main list'
> > > for task A, into level 2 nest the main list for task B, set both main
> > > lists to exit after 1 trial. Tell the master list to repeat (in fixed
> > > order) as many times as your total number of trials.
>
> > > I think something like that should do the trick :)
>
> > > best,
>
> > > liw
>
> > > On Aug 8, 5:09 pm, cogneuroisfun <neuropsyc... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Okay, so for my experiment, I have condition 1 (task A trials), and
> > > > condition 2 with task A alternating with task B. So, it would be like
> > > > one trial of A, one trial of B, one trial of A, one trial of B ect.
> > > > Both task A and B work great by themselves but I'm unsure how to make
> > > > them alternate without butchering either task. Is there any option
> > > > where I could only have the tasks alternate on a trial by trial basis?
> > > > Right now I just can have task A do 50 trials and then task B do 50.
> > > > I've been trying to play around with having new procedure making the
> > > > tasks alternate but I don't know how to only have each task do one
> > > > trial at a time.
>
> > > > Hopefully that made some sense, any help or guidance is greatly
> > > > appreciated!
>
> > > > Thanks!

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