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Using Variables in Javascript Piped Text

  • January 15, 2021
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Hi everyone,
I am trying to record the values of multiple questions using piped text, based on a variable. A simple example that doesn't work correctly for me:

id = 'QID191'

i1 = '${q://'+id+'/SelectedAnswerRecode/1}'

whereas this code functions just fine:
i1 = '${q://QID191/SelectedAnswerRecode/1}'

I assume this has something to do with how the strings/piped text get parsed in Javascript, but I've tried searching around for some solutions without too much success. Thanks!

Best answer by TomG

https://www.qualtrics.com/community/discussion/14096/using-variables-in-javascript-piped-textPiped fields are resolved on the server before they are sent to the browser. So, you can't dynamically create piped fields in JS.

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  • January 16, 2021

This is most likely due to how template literals are evaluated in Javascript.
Perhaps you could try around with 

eval()
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  • January 16, 2021

https://www.qualtrics.com/community/discussion/14096/using-variables-in-javascript-piped-textPiped fields are resolved on the server before they are sent to the browser. So, you can't dynamically create piped fields in JS.

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