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Hello, I have 2 questions regarding text boxes. In q1 I want the text box to only take numerical responses but I also want the numbers to show on the left side of the field if someone types a response. Is there any possible way to do that? In q2 I want to be able to again only accept numerical responses but also have the dashes. Is there a way to set this up? 

 

Hi, 
1. easy way is to use regular expressions
a. /^\d+$/
 


b. /^([12]\d{3}-(0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01]))$/
 



2. Use an inputmask.
Either Robin Herbots' "inputmask" 
[url] github.com/RobinHerbots/Inputmask [/url]
 
or Igor Escobar's "jquery mask"
[url] igorescobar.github.io/jQuery-Mask-Plugin/ [/url]
 

After you decided what you prefer, please send a lss export of yout survey (only these relevant questions).

Joffm

Hello, thank you so much for your reply here I have provided lsq's files for this question. 

Thank you!

Noone wants LSQ files. Please always provide LSS files.

Why? LSQ and LSG files are language sensitive. So not only do we have to create a new survey and at least 1 new question group to import these files, we also have to "guess" the base language correctly.

In addition, for some solutions it is important to understand the general settings used in the survey, which are only visible in the LSS file.

So help us to help you and provide us with a LSS file. And no, we are not interested in your whole survey, but only the relevant bits. So make a copy of your survey, delete everything that is not relevant and export it as a LSS file.

 

Hi,
these are only three empty questions.
You neither entered the regular expressions (or adapted ones) I showed nor did you try to insert on of the input masks.
At least you could have entered the shown regular expressions adapted to your needs.

So what do you expect us to do?
Which of the three proposed options do you want to use?
RegExp is the easiest.

Joffm

Hello I apologize, I sent the blank questions because I'm new to lime survey i'm just wondering where I would need to import those lines of code in the question to make them work. 

Thank you 
Structure 

i'm just wondering where I would need to import those lines of code in the question to make them work. 

Did you read the manual about question types?
[url] www.limesurvey.org/manual/Question_type_...28preg_validation.29 [/url]

 

Joffm