Is there a way to prevent a user to enter a quotation mark in text fields?
And if so, what kind of error message would he get?

Hi,
my first idea is:
Set a question validation with a regular expression.
Here you enter your individual error message.

Kind regards
Joffm

Thanks Joffm

I tried entering the regex: [^"] in the Question Validation Equation, but it seems to prevent all characters:

Secondly, I see that the Question validation tip field is always showing, and I would like it only to show when someone actually enters a quotation mark.

Any tip?

Hi, waitz,
wrong syntax.
You have to enter:
regexMatch('[Regular expression code',self)

for "self" read:
www.limesurvey.org/manual/Expression_Man....27that.27_variables


For the showing of the tip, use the if-statement:
if(condition==true,show tip,"")

Best regards
Joffm

Thank you. I read the link for "self". I am not a programmer though, and I just don't understand how to use it...

What I did see though was a function that strips characters, although this only at the beginning or end of a string, so it is not relevant unless there is a similar one that strips a character (") from any part of a text field:

But I am not sure if I am going in the right direction.

Hi, waitz,
here is a different approach.

Use the function strpos.
Search for the character. If it is there -> false.

So enter in the question validation equation: !strpos(self,'"') (your search character, double quote, surrounded by single quotes)
Remember: This function returns false if the string is not found, otherwise the position.
So we look for the "false" result of the function.

In the tip you can enter something like:

{if(!strpos(self,'"'),"","No quotes allowed")}





Joffm

Thank you for describing so detailed, Joffm. I see from your screenshots that it is working, and I like the approach. I entered the same into mine, and it does not work...:

Am I doing anything fundamentally wrong?

I am not sure why it was inconsistent, because it worked also. We solved it by adding a script to a hidden question at the end of the survey, replacing quotation marks with nothing: str_replace('"', "",)

Thanks