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Any reason that this code wouldn't work:



Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function ()

{

var that = this;



that.questionclick = function (event,element) {

setTimeout(function () {

var answer = that.getSelectedChoices()[0];

switch(answer) {

case 1:

case 2:

case 8:

case 9:

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('Sign' ,'$');

break;

case 3:

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('Sign' , '£');

break;

case 4:

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('Sign' , '€');

break;

}

}, 100);

}

});



But this codes does:



Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function ()

{

var that = this;



that.questionclick = function (event,element) {

setTimeout(function () {

var answer = that.getSelectedChoices()s0];

if (answer == 1) {

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('Sign' ,'$');



} else if (answer == 2) {

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('Sign' , '$');



}

else if (answer == 3) {

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('Sign' , '£');



}

else if (answer == 4) {

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('Sign' , '€');



}

else if (answer == 😎 {

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('Sign' , '$');

}

else if (answer == 9) {

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('Sign' , '$');

}

}, 100);

}

});
Since I can't delete the post, it has to do with the fact the switch statement uses strict comparison while the if statement (==) doesn't. I didn't realize that the qualtrics method

`getSelectedChoices()` returns a string and not an integer. Wrapping parseInt() i.e `parseInt(that.getSelectedChoices()[0], 10);` fixed the issue.

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