Variable text in sketchpad with numbers - issue with 0

JelleStudentRug

Hi,

I am designing an experiment that people can participate in with their phones. For compensation, I would like to offer participants to join a raffle with their phone number for a certain prize (like an amazon voucher). However, with the sketchpad I am using right now, I run into the issue that Dutch phone numbers start with '06', and with my current code, once I put in the 6, the 0 gets deleted. I'm not sure where the error stems from, i.e. whether I did something wrong when declaring the variables, whether I'm using the wrong type of variable (I'm not sure if it automatically assigns it a string variable when you use the apostrophes), or whether there is another issue at hand.

I tried to fix this myself by making sure the '06' part is fixed, but now phone numbers that have '060...' run into the issue again. Does anyone know how I can fix this?

I have attached the relevant experiment to the post.

Thanks!

Jelle

PhoneNumberDraft.osexp

lvanderlinden

Hi @JelleStudentRug ,

I think the following should work. Give the variable phone a starting value that is clearly a string, for example:

vars.phone = " 06-" // Note the space before the zero

(Make sure to do the same in the "phone_c" item, for the if-block that is executed if participants clicked reset.)

Does that solve the issue?

JelleStudentRug

I just tested it, and it works. Thanks a lot!

lvanderlinden

Great to hear @JelleStudentRug