[open] Using decimal point in loops, Qt interferes

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• Edwin

  May 2013 edited 11:47AM

  Hi Koen,

  You could try using string values. If you're using my sample code, the text that is to be displayed is created within an inline_script, as a string. Within this same inline_script, you could add the following:

  dval = exp.get("val")
  
  sval = str(dval)
  
  if '.' not in sval:
      sval += '.00'
  
  ## rest of code, in which you use sval to create a text to display ##
  

  Good luck!
• koenraad

  May 2013 edited 11:47AM

  Hi Edwin,

  Thx for the quick response.
  I should have realized I can simply add them again, since only those values have no decimal.

  Topic closed!

  Best

  Koenraad
• sebastiaan

  May 2013 edited 11:47AM

  Just to clarify: This problem isn't due to Qt, but to the fact that OpenSesame automatically interprets variable types, as described in this discussion ...

  • http://forum.cogsci.nl/index.php?p=/discussion/316/solved-string-input-problem

  ... and on this page ...

  • http://osdoc.cogsci.nl/usage/variables-and-conditional-qifq-statements/#smart-typing

  The value 1.0 (say) is interpreted as an integer, and the trailing zero is discarded. Another trick to get around this is by adding a small fraction to the number, like so:

  exp.set('my_var', self.get('my_var') + 0.00001)
  

  This will prevent my_var from being interpreted as an integer, and because OpenSesame by default only shows the first two decimals, you will get the result you want.

  Cheers!

  
  
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