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Validation of number using check digit

R
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Hi all,

I’m stuck creating custom validation for a number entered in a form question.

Subjects need to enter a “valid” ID we give them manually in the beginning in order to start the survey.

The ID is 6 digits, the last one being a control digit we created. Meaning that it has the following logic

suppose the 5 first digits are 98739, we multiply each digit by either 2 or 1 (alternating), and then sum it up : 9x2 +8x1 +7x2 + 3x1 +9x2 = 18  + 8 + 14 + 3 + 18 = 61

so we added a 6th digits that is equal to 61 mod 10, that is 1. 

Meaning that 987391 is a valid ID, but 987394 isn’t.

 

So far, I’ve been able  to check that subject entered 6 digits using Regex  /^[0-9]{6}$/gi

I assume I need to add custom JavaScript to actually check the 6th digit, but I unfortunately have little to no understanding of how to do that. 

Would appreciate any help I can get.

Thank you all!

RP

 

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SantiagoASI
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Try setting up this on the questions JacaScript option: 

Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function() {
    var that = this;
    this.questionclick = function(event, element) {
        var response = that.getChoiceValue(1);
        if (response.match(/^[0-9]{6}$/)) {
            var digits = response.split('').map(Number);
            var checkSum = (digits[0] * 2) + (digits[1] * 1) + (digits[2] * 2) + (digits[3] * 1) + (digits[4] * 2);
            var controlDigit = checkSum % 10;
            if (controlDigit !== digits[5]) {
                alert('Invalid ID. Please enter a valid ID.');
                that.setChoiceValue(1, '');
            }
        } else {
            alert('Please enter a 6-digit ID.');
            that.setChoiceValue(1, '');
        }
    };
});

Santiago Franco
R
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Thank you so much for your answer. 

I put it in the question’s JavaScript but it doesn’t seem to work. 

Should it be in addOnload? 

Does it take into account it’s a form question?

R
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I got a similar code to work, but it works only on desktop and not tablet. 

Would really appreciate any help to fix this.

 

    var questionId = this.getQuestionInfo().QuestionID;

    var inputElement = document.querySelector("#"+questionId+" input[type='text']");

    var errorMessage = "please enter 6 digits";

    var errorMessage2 = "invalid ID. Try again";

 

    inputElement.addEventListener("blur", validateInput);

 

    function validateInput() {

        var input = inputElement.value.trim();

        

        // Check if input is a 6-digit number

        if (!/^\d{6}$/.test(input)) {

            alert(errorMessage);

            inputElement.value = "";

            return;

        }

 

        var digits = input.split('').map(Number);

        

        // Calculate CheckSum

        var checkSum = digits[0] * 2 + digits[1] + digits[2] * 2 + digits[3] + digits[4] * 2;

        

        // Check if the sixth digit is equal to the remainder when you divide CheckSum by 10

        if (digits[5] !== checkSum % 10) {

            alert(errorMessage2);

            inputElement.value = "";

        }

    }

 

 

 

T
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One of the best ways to handle this would be to use a “hidden validation question”. 

 

If you setup a question as multiple choice with only 2 options, pass and fail, and set the validation to “must be pass” as well as the default to “fail” - Then you can hide the question with CSS and toggle the value with your code. This will give the user the validation message and behave as if it were your input that was invalid.

Here’s the CSS to hide the question but not the validation display:
 

#QID72 > div.Inner.BorderColor.SAVR {
	display: none;
}

Then if you place your validation code on the hidden question you can pull the value of the input with JS, run your validation, and then set the value with JS.

// something like this to get the value of the text field
var qtext = document.getElementById("<ID of input field>").textContent;

 

// Set the value of the hidden question by recode
this.setChoiceValueByRecodeValue(1, true);

 

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