Storing responses of open entry questions as embedded data

Question

Hi everyone! 
I'm fairly new to Qualtrics and JS. In my survey I ask respondents for their zip code and would like (a) turn responses to upper case and (b) to store their responses as embedded data. While I managed to do turn all responses to upper case, I did not manage to save the response as embedded data. I tried the following:

`Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function() {
var input = $("QR~" + this.questionId);
var text = PATH; 
input.value = text.toUpperCase();
input.on('change', () => input.value = input.value.toUpperCase()); 
var newvar = input;
Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('zipCode', newvar);
});`

Note: PATH stands for the precise location of ChoiceTextEntryValue.

With this code, I successfully turn responses to upper case, but the embedded data just says "array". If I use `var newvar = input.value` instead, the embedded data field is not filled. Any hints or recommendations are very welcome! Thanks a lot for your support in advance!

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Hello @sanm ,Please follow the below Steps:Step1: Create an embedded data(zipCode) in survey flow before the zipcode questionStep2: Paste the below code in the js(onReady) of the text entry zipcode question    jQuery("#"+this.questionId+" .InputText").on('keyup',function(){    Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData( 'zipCode', jQuery(this).val().toUpperCase());    });

Anonymous · Answer

> @sanm said:> Thanks a lot, @Shashi ! This was perfect! One last question: Ideally, I would like to remove any numerics from the zipcode response (e.g. "SW9" --> "SW", perhaps with `zipCode.replaceAll("[^A-Z]", "");`), group responses into regions (e.g. by using an if-else command). For instance:>  `if(response === "SW"){> var region = 1;> } else {> var region = 0;> }`. > And then save the region variable as embedded data (i.e. not the actual zipcode but the region in which this zipcode is located). > Is there an elegant way to do that in Javascript? Many thanks again for the quick help!Here is the updated code:    jQuery("#"+this.questionId+" .InputText").on('keyup',function(){    Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData( 'zipCode', jQuery(this).val().replace(/\d+/g, '').toUpperCase());    });

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