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5 years 11 months ago #206266 by andreasklinar
Pick a random name out of a list was created by andreasklinar
Hi,

i am quite new to LimeSurvey and i am just doing my first survey here as a part for my bachelor degree.

In a text of one question I want a name to be randomly selected from a list.

How do I do this? I tried to figure it out but could not find any information.
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5 years 11 months ago #206269 by holch
Replied by holch on topic Pick a random name out of a list
Can you explain a little bit more what you are trying to do? Because picking a name from a list is not a feature that Limesurvey has out of the box, but depending on what you are trying to actually do, there might be a fairly simple solution to this.
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5 years 11 months ago #206276 by tpartner
Replied by tpartner on topic Pick a random name out of a list
...and, do you need the random name stored in the data?
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5 years 11 months ago #206288 by andreasklinar
Replied by andreasklinar on topic Pick a random name out of a list
I have one "question", where i explain a fictitious agent and the name of this agent should be randomly generated from a pre-defined list.
There is no answer to this question, just a simple text.
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5 years 11 months ago #206289 by andreasklinar
Replied by andreasklinar on topic Pick a random name out of a list
No, the name does not need to be stored.
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5 years 11 months ago - 5 years 11 months ago #206320 by tpartner
Replied by tpartner on topic Pick a random name out of a list
Place something like this in the question source. It will load the <span> element with a random name from a list defined in the "names" array.

Code:
The random name is <span class="random-name">&nbsp;</span>. <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"> $(document).on('ready pjax:scriptcomplete',function(){ // Define the names var names = ['Tom', 'Dick', 'Harry', 'Jane', 'Susan', 'Mary']; // Randomize the names shuffleArray(names); // Load the <span> element with the random name $('#question{QID} span.random-name').text(names[0]); }); function shuffleArray(array) { for (var i = array.length - 1; i > 0; i--) { var j = Math.floor(Math.random() * (i + 1)); var temp = array[i]; array[i] = array[j]; array[j] = temp; } return array; } </script>

Sample survey attached:

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File Name: limesurvey...5(1).lss
File Size:15.27 KB
Cheers,
Tony Partner
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Last edit: 5 years 11 months ago by tpartner.
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5 years 11 months ago #206498 by andreasklinar
Replied by andreasklinar on topic Pick a random name out of a list
this works perfect - thanks a lot!!!
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