> @Clare said:

>What I would like to do is make sure that a text entry response is within any combination of couple of strings.



Can you more specific than your statement above?

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It would also help if you mentioned your familiarity with JavaScript and Regex.

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Hi TomG,



Thanks for your response. I intend to give participants couple of worlds with which they would have to build a sentence/response. I would like to accept as a valid response any combination of these words, as long as only these words are used to compose a response, and all of them are spelled correctly. Ideally, I would like to make sure no numbers, punctuation or any other symbol is included in the response. For instance, if I provide participants with the words:



I

love

hate

swimming

is

what

better

...



A valid response would be "I like swimming better", "what I like is swimming" etc.



I hope this clarifies it a bit.



Here is an update on my progress: Using the javascript add-on functionality, I was able to capture the response and figure out whether it is a combination of the words provided. I am unable to print out a Qualtrics error message though. In addition, qualtrics still submits the response as valid and continues on to the next question. I would like to give people the option of re-typing a response. I would use some help on dealing with this part.



Thanks in advance!

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Hi Mattyb513,



I am don't have prior experience with JavaScript but have worked with other programming languages. It is important to mention that my skills in web development are non existent. I have some experience with Regex, primarily with java and python. I hope that helps.

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@Clare,



First, you want to start your JavaScript by disabling and/or hiding the Next button. Then, when you know you have a valid response enable and/or show the Next button.



For a validation error message, I generally just update the html of the element Qualtrics uses for its validation errors (class of ValidationError).



You probably want to use a 'blur' handler on the input field to check the input then take appropriate action...show the validation error or enable/show the Next button.

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Tom is right on the money.



Here's a working example I spun up real quick: https://qualtricssfi.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/preview/SV_80RXr3Vax0mgHkh?Q_SurveyVersionID=current&Q_CHL=preview



Attached is the qsf. I've also made a gist that removes all the extra JavaScript made for pulling the answers from the previous page: https://gist.github.com/mattbloomfield/4fd526d58cd336210a0b623f7017ebb0

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Hi Mattyb513,



Thank you so much for your help! You saved me so much time and effort!

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