[solved] change target colors

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• sebastiaan

  March 2012 edited 8:01PM

  Hi Anna,

  It seems that your general approach is correct, so there's probably some simple mistake in there (a typo, or incorrect syntax). Could you perhaps provide some more details on what you did exactly (e.g., show the script) and what kind of error you get?

  Cheers,
  Sebastiaan

  
  
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• Anna

  March 2012 edited March 2012

  Hi Sebastiaan,

  Thanks for your help! That´s the target script. I changed the color in my variable [target_colour]. I also copied the error message.

  set duration "300"
  set description "Displays stimuli"
  set start_response_interval "no"
  draw rect -64 -64 128 128 fill=1 penwidth=1 color=[target_colour] show_if="always"
  draw textline 0 -128 "[target_number]" center=1 color=white font_family=mono font_size=18 show_if="always"

  Error: Runtime error
  Description: Failed to evaluate '#00ff00' in loop item 'block_loop_right': unexpected EOF while parsing (, line 1)

  Kind regards, Anna
• sebastiaan

  March 2012 edited March 2012

  Hi Anna,

  You probably used '=#00ff00' for the variable target_colour, and not '#00ff00' (without the '=' sign), right?

  It is a little advertised feature of OpenSesame that you can define variables in loop items using Python statements. You indicate this by prepending an '=' sign, kind of like you would do in a spreadsheet. So, for example, using '=randint(0,10)' would give you a random integer between 0 and 10 (link).

  In your case, '=#00ff00' leads OpenSesame to evaluate the string '#00ff00' as Python code. This is just a comment (# = comment), so there's nothing to evaluate, and you get this obscure error message. But the solution is simple: Just omit the '=' sign.

  Please let me know if this doesn't work for you!

  Kindest regards,
  Sebastiaan

  
  
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• Anna

  March 2012 edited 8:01PM

  It works Again: Thank you very much for your help!