Comparing Labeled Text Elements

[glossaphile]

Hi! For my lexical decision experiment, I’m trying to test if two labeled text elements (“Resp” and “Lex”) are identical and then have the browser display one of two different responses depending on whether they match. My best attempt is this:

getText("Resp")
            .test.text(getText("Lex"))
                .success(
                    newText("Correct!")
                        .print()
                    ,
                    newTimer(1000)
                        .start()
                        .wait()
                    ,
                    getVar("Acc").set(1)
                )
                .failure (
                    newText("Incorrect!")
                        .print()
                    ,
                    newTimer(1000)
                        .start()
                        .wait()
                    ,
                    getVar("Acc").set(0)
                )

But this just returns “Incorrect!” for all trials regardless of whether the text elements match or not. I welcome any advice!

[Jeremy]

Hi!

I don’t know why it’s not working, I’d have to double-check that. In the meantime, you can use a Var element as a proxy:

newVar("RespVar"),newVar("LexVar")
,
getText("Resp").setVar("RespVar"),
getText("Lex").setVar("LexVar")
,
getVar("RespVar")
    .test.is( getVar("LexVar") )
    .success(
        newText("Correct!")
            .print()
        ,
        newTimer(1000)
            .start()
            .wait()
        ,
        getVar("Acc").set(1)
    )
    .failure (
        newText("Incorrect!")
            .print()
        ,
        newTimer(1000)
            .start()
            .wait()
        ,
        getVar("Acc").set(0)
    )

Jeremy

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