Sequence timing

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• lvanderlinden

  March 2021

  Hi @Sannee ,

  
  

  Sorry for not getting back to this question earlier. And yes, you did the right thing opening different threads for different questions! :)

  
  

  Could you check whether the following logic works?

  • Append two more inline_javascript items. One before starting the loop that collects the clicks, the other one at the beginning of the click sequence, like so:

  
  

  

  
  

  • Place something like the following in the Run tab of the first inline_javascript item:

  // Initial timeout
  vars.var_timeout = 12000 
  // Current time stamp (right before starting the click loop)
  vars.starting_time = new Date().getTime();
  // Create a variable that checks whether a timeout
  // occurred
  vars.timeout_occurred = "no"
  

  
  

  • And something like this to the second one (also in the Run tab):

  // Get current timestamp
  vars.current_time = new Date().getTime();
  // Calculate the time that is passed:
  vars.time_passed = vars.current_time - vars.starting_time
  // Update the timeout:
  vars.var_timeout = 12000 - vars.time_passed
  // Make sure that the timeout cannot be negative:
  if (vars.var_timeout <= 0){
      // Change the variable keeping track of whether
      // a timeout occurred
      vars.timeout_occurred = "yes"
      }
  console.log("time passed = " + vars.time_passed)
  

  
  

  • Use the Run-if statements to only run the remainder of the click sequence if no timeout occurred:
  

  
  

  • And change the Repeat-if statement in the repeat_cycle element, making sure that we break from the loop if a timeout occurred:

  [check] == no and [timeout_occurred] != "yes"

  
  

  I attached the modified script. I hope this results in the behaviour that you are looking for.

  
  

  Cheers,

  
  

  Lotje

  6976.osexp

  
  

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• Sannee

  March 2021

  Hi Lotje!

  No worries at all!

  And this indeed works exactly as I wanted it too! Such a simple solution but in all honesty I would never have found it myself. Thanks so much for your help not just on this question but all the others as well!

  Kind regards,

  Sanne