Why is this one working,
and this one with the count number usage only working part of the time?
Would you be able to provide a link to the activity?
Also, need the link, but a few efficiency suggestions:
- You donāt need to use
numericValue("1")you can just use1. - You can just use the value variable to define your text:
Text= `${value}` -
result = when value=1 or value=2 "Correct!" otherwise "Incorrect."
(since value is defined byg.number("N")anyway).
Iāll link it. Just FYI, eventually I will be working with fractions and decimals and ānā and the text and the values will all be different. When I get frustrated working with the code, I try to break it down to the most simplistic form so I can get it to work, and then can easily add in the more complicated pieces as needed. Well complicated for me.
I think itās not working because submitting changes the variable, P_{ress}, but Iām not sure. You might need to use a capture, but itāll only capture numericValues not latex.
What is your objective here? That might help discover an alternative solution. For example, when I want randomized questions, rather than randomizing āon the flyā, I generate a random list(s) of values for problems and then just compare current values to the list. If I have this issue of countNumberUsage evaluating the next value, I just have to change which element in the list it checks.
Hereās a kind of busywork example:
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Yeah thatās exactly what is happening. Thanks for the example!
I realize that particular example was quite a bit more work than some others. Iāll have to find a better one.
Nuts, I ran into this problem before with a distributive property practice activity. It was recommended to try using pattern matching, but I couldnāt figure it out for that activity and went in a different direction.
Does anyone have a pattern matching activity with fractions and decimals I can see as an example?
For a decimal, you could just use numericValue and countNumberUsage.
countNumberUsage(input.latex)=1
The above for example would just make sure only one number was used. Maybe this recent fraction question thread might be somewhere to start? Also, @JayChow has a youTube video that covers fraction patterns.
Hm, nvm, that was a thread on matching equivalent expressions. The one I was remembering also used capture history to correct the problem.
Now that I understand the problemā¦
If I wanted to have a list of randomly generated problems, using say n=1 through n=5, that reset each ānā with a button, then I have to use the capture previous on a numeric value to compare the answer to when the button is pressed. Or, I have to use a separate button to check an answer with latex, and then have a new problem generated with a different button. Yes? I think I get it.
The point of using a list of randomly generated problems is to just cycle through the list, so you would just use the submitCount/pressCount to move through the elements of the list. You could potentially check latex using elements from a list. A fraction, for example, youād need a list for numerators and denominators, and I usually set variables for the values of the current problem (or last if needed for checking purposes), then use something like:
In graph:
Num= graph.number(`n_C`)
Den= graph.number(`d_C`)
check= input.latex=`\frac{ ${Num} }{ ${Den} }
Iād have a variable set in the CL for the submit count (say p), then define n_C and d_C as the p+1 element of the numerator and denominator lists:
n_C= N[p+1]
d_C= N[p+1]
I totally have it working now. Thank you for all your help.
Curious though, is there a way to have the random generator change on the `Edit my responseā click? It happens after pressing submit so it wouldnāt change my correct result.
Iām not sure if it does so. I have a tendency to use tables and usually make separate buttons for checking and cycling to new questions. That also means you have to code checks for each cell (though itās usually a copy paste, or Alt+click/drag situation). It also allows my students to skip questions and go back to them though.