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Trying to write a validation script that will only allow the values 0, 1, 2, 3, and 5

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October 11, 2023
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I m trying to write a script to validate that respondents have only entered the values: 0, 1, 2, 3, or 5 into their response field and I am stuck!

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JR Boulay

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Sorry, wrong post.

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try67

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Why not simply use a drop-down field with only those values?

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hezaaAuthor

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I wanted to play with the javascript. 🙂

Joel Geraci

Community Expert

This script is a bit more terse than the one you are using. It's also very portable in that you just need to change the array if the possible values change.

var possibleValues = [0,1,2,3,5]
if (possibleValues.indexOf(parseInt(event.value)) == -1) {
    app.alert("The entered value needs to be '1' or '2' or '3' or '5' or '0'!");
    event.rc = false;   
}

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hezaaAuthor

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Thank you! Much more tidy. I appreciate it!!

Nesa Nurani

Community Expert

There are few ways to achieve this, you can use custom keystroke script to allow only those numbers like this:

event.rc = /^[0-5]*$/.test(event.change);

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hezaaAuthor

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Thank you! I need the number "4" to be excluded.

I ended up doing it this way:

event.rc = true; if (event.value != "" && event.value != "1" && event.value != "2" && event.value != "0" && event.value != "3" && event.value != "5") { app.alert("The entered value needs to be '1' or '2' or '3' or '5' or '0'!"); event.rc = false; }

Nesa Nurani

Community Expert

Sorry, didn't see you want number 4 excluded, in that case you can use this:

event.rc = /^[0-35]*$/.test(event.change);

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