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We want to limit the number of characters a person can enter into a Comments box in the 'List with Comment' type question.  I know this has been asked before, and I found a thread that said we could use the following in the Question validation equation section, but I tried it, and all it said was that the Survey question hadn't been filled in.
Our question is MR06 (ID:3093), so I put the following in the "Question validation equation" area:{strlen(MR06_comment.NAOK)} < 100, and I put this in the Question Validation tip:You have entered {strlen(MR06_comment.NAOK)} of 100 characters. However, as stated, it doesn't say "You have entered x of 100 characters"; it just says that one of the questions hasn't been completed correctly.

Have I done something wrong here?

TIA for any help

 

Hi,
there are a few errors:
1. {strlen(MR06_comment.NAOK)} < 100
a. Remove the  curly brackets!
They are displayed here already to show this
 
b. Even with necessary curly brackets your equation would be wrong.
The equation is "Stringlength less than 100". So you have to surround the whole equation 
{strlen(MR06_comment.NAOK) < 100}

As said, validation equation without curly brackets.

Then it should be fine - if there isn't another mistake.




Therefore you should send us this question as lss export.
Copy the survey
Remove all groups/questions except this
send it as lss export.

Joffm


 

Thanks for this. I think I've got it working, so I appreciate your help. If I have other questions, I'll post again.
Have a great evening, and thanks again.

Hello again.
Could you help me with one more question related to this, please?
Is it possible to change the text from "Please enter your comment here:" with something more specific, eg, "Please ensure you have answered the preceding question before adding comments" or something?
Thank you

Yes,
there are a few thread about this in the forum.
[url] forums.limesurvey.org/forum/design-issue...ent-box-label#189952 [/url]
 

So sorry; I should've checked first. Apologies. Thank you so much. This worked great.
Again, thanks so much for your help and patience.

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