Is there a way to make an answer a choice and assign it as a value to be totaled at the end. For example, if I am asking: Never (0)Sometimes (1)Always (2)Are you happy?xDo you exercise?xDo you get 8 hours of sleep?xTotal3So a person needs to pick only one choice and then that choice needs to be assigned a value that needs to be totaled in a separate field.Thanks!

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Assigning a value and a choice to a field?

Is there a way to make an answer a choice and assign it as a value to be totaled at the end. For example, if I am asking:

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So a person needs to pick only one choice and then that choice needs to be assigned a value that needs to be totaled in a separate field.

Thanks!

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Correct answer try67

Use radio-button (or check-boxes) form fields.

The fields in each row need to have the same field name but different radio-button choice (or export values).

Those values can be the numeric values that you want to use for the calculation.

Then you add a "Score" text field and set its calculation to be the sum of these fields.

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Hi.

According to try67 answer see this great demo PDF file: Fichiers partagés - Acrobat.com

You'll just have to copy-paste fields into your form.

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Thank you for your follow-up. Your example was very helpful to make sure I was entering everything in correctly. I really appreciate it!

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Use radio-button (or check-boxes) form fields.

The fields in each row need to have the same field name but different radio-button choice (or export values).

Those values can be the numeric values that you want to use for the calculation.

Then you add a "Score" text field and set its calculation to be the sum of these fields.

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Thank you for your reply. I was able to use your advice to see what I was doing wrong! I really appreciate it!