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Hi
Just rolled out a new maths test. Days in the making. Hours crossing the syntax checker. Neither sub nor sir knows the half of it. Anyway, a snag: I forgot that you cannot input a negative number. Could this be changed?
Input#=#YourAns,{#Num1} - {#Num2}=
Case=First
When=#YourAns=#TheAns
Add#=#MathsResult,1
When=None
Subtract#=#MathsResult,1
Case=End
#TheAns can be negative but #YourAns cannot accept a negative.
Solution?
1. When=#TheAns<0, Multiply#=#YourAns,-1. Sub needs advising to ignore the negative, and it feels uncomfortable. In a bad way.
2. Offer the opportunity on every answer to multiply by -1. This seems tedious and it offers an unwanted hint to the Sub.
3. Multiple choice Qs? Too easy.
Any ideas welcome.
I wonder why I made that restriction. It is clearly a deliberate choice. Probably because in the use cases I could imagine, negative numbers would be meaningless. "How many cookies did you eat"? "-3". "Then I will add -3 to the number of beats you will receive" 😉
But I realise that there may be reasons for entering negative numbers. I will see if I can find a solution.
With the current program, I cannot think of other solutions than what you have listed.
Sven
Thanks for your response. Even with the polarity help, the test is still corrective.
Negative cookies? I took three. But I made these!
Hi Simon,
The new version, 4.3.9, has a new keyword, InputNeg#, which is identical to Input#, except that it allows negative numbers.
Sven
Yey. Test is now harder. Thank you very much 🙂
