Replacing one variable list with the values of another variable list using inline script

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• sebastiaan

  November 2019

  Hi Anton,

  If I understand correctly, you want to check the loop table for whether any of the values under Responses matches any of the values under words_var . And if so, you want to use values from alternative_word_stimuli instead of word_stimuli (by assigning the former to the latter). Is that correct?

  If so, then it's important to first realize that you shouldn't check individual values, which is what you're doing now. This …

  if var.Responses == var.words_var:
  

  … checks whether on that particular trial, Responses and words_var are the same value. But it doesn't consider the columns as a whole. And this …

  if any(var.Responses) == any(var.words_var):
  

  … checks whether any of the characters in Responses are True , which will be the case for anything other than an empty string, and then does the same for words_var , and finally compares if both either are or are not empty strings . Also very different from what you want to do!

  Below I added a function (any_match() ) that checks what I believe you want to check, namely whether any values under two columns match, also taking into account variable references:

  def eval_col(col, loop_item):
      
      """Gives a list of all values from col, which should be a column
      from loop_item, and evaluates the variable references in all those
      values.
      """
  
      return [exp.syntax.eval_text(val) for val in items[loop_item].dm[col]]
  
  
  def any_match(col1, col2, loop_item):
      
      """Checks whether any value from col1 matches any value from col2,
      which should both be columns from loop_item.
      """
      
      for val1 in eval_col(col1, loop_item):
          for val2 in eval_col(col2, loop_item):
              if val1 == val2:
                  return True
      return False
  

  I'll leave it as an exercise to figure out how to actually use any_match() in your code!

  Cheers!

  Sebastiaan

  
  
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• Anton

  November 2019

  Hi Sebastiaan,

  Thank you very much for your help! It's highly appreciated.

  Indeed what I want to do is what you have addressed in the beggining of your response (check the loop table for whether any of the values under Responses matches any of the values under words_var . And if so, you want to use values from alternative_word_stimuli instead of word_stimuli (by assigning the former to the latter)).

  I have tried run and exercise with the code you have provided me. But I am still getting the same word stimuli (word_stimuli) instead of the stimuli I want to use (alternative_word_stimuli).

  My knowledge regarding python is quite limited. Thus I am assuming that I am doing something wrong with the code you have provided me.

  

  I am attaching the code to see if you can help me again with this.

  Thanks in advance.

  Cheers!

  Anton
• Anton

  November 2019

  

  
  
• sebastiaan

  November 2019

  Hi Anton,

  I wasn't very clear about that, but the arguments to any_match() should be strings, like so:

  if any_match('Response', 'words_var_Block_1_Exp_St'):

  Cheers!

  Sebastiaan

  
  
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• Anton

  December 2019

  Hi Sebastiaan!

  Thank you very much for your help!!

  The any_match() function is working so far! I've tested this by adding an if function and ask to print me TRUE or FALSE if the condition is satisfied ( I can see it on the debug window) .

  However, I am still having troubles regarding the second part of my question (replacing one variable - word_stimuli - with another variable -alternative_word_stimuli -) .

  
  

  I have tried with many code lines, such as:

  if any_match('words_var','Responses','Block_1_Exp_ST'):

                 my_canvas.text(text= "alternative_word_stimuli")

  else:

                 my_canvas.text(text= "word_stimuli")

  Or:

  if any_match('words_var','Responses','Block_1_Exp_ST'):

                 var.word_stimuli[0:47] = var.alternative_word_stimuli[0:47]

  else:

                 var.word_stimuli[0:47] = var.word_stimuli[0:47]

  Or:

  if any_match('words_var','Responses','Block_1_Exp_ST'):

                 var.word_stimuli[0:47] = var.alternative_word_stimuli[0:47]

  else:

                 var.word_stimuli = var.word_stimuli

  
  

  But none of these codes seem to work ( I enter information that satisfies the any_match function, and the program still shows me the items from word_stimuli). As I have stated earlier, I am not a python expert nor a programmer expert. So there must be something I am doing wrong.

  
  

  I would highly appreciate if you can help me again with this.

  Thanks in advance!

  Best,

  Anton
• sebastiaan

  December 2019

  Hi Anton,

  The reason that nothing has an effect is probably that you're doing it in the Run phase of the script, whereas most items (including sketchpad s) are prepared during the Prepare phase.

  • https://osdoc.cogsci.nl/3.2/manual/prepare-run/

  So the first thing to do is move the code to the Prepare phase. Then, this should (I think) do the trick:

  if any_match('Response', 'words_var_Block_1_Exp_St'):
      var.word_stimuli = var.alternative_word_stimuli
  

  That being said, looking at all the things that you've tried, it seems that you're randomly trying things without understanding what they mean! That's frustrating, and also unlikely to result in success. So I would say: Why not familiarize yourself with at least the basics of Python? This will take a bit of time, but you will easily win this back in the medium-to-long term.

  • https://python.cogsci.nl/

  Cheers!

  Sebastiaan

  
  
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• Anton

  December 2019

  Hi Sebastiaan!

  
  

  Thank you so much for your help! Everything is working great now!!

  I will follow your advice and keep learning about python.

  Cheers!

  
  

  Anton