Coding for Right or LEft

[Sharon38055632khef]

I have a form where I want an answer in lateralside1 but the decision of what types into this field is from text 23. IF Text23 is <0 I want Right in Lateralside 1 and if >0 then I want the word Left. I tried this script but it didn't work.  Any one know what I am missing? Thank you in advance.

var number = this.getField("Text23").value; // Get the value from Text23
if (number > 0) {
event.value = "Left"; // If the number is greater than 0, display "Left"
} else if (number < 0) {
event.value = "Right"; // If the number is less than 0, display "Right"
} else {
event.value = ""; // If the number is exactly 0, leave the field empty
}

[Nesa Nurani]

Where did you put the script?

It should go under 'Calculate' tab as custom calculation script of "Lateralside 1" field.

[Sharon38055632khef]

Hi Nesa, I have put the script there and it likes the code but it still is not displaying the word left or right in the fields. Right now Field23 has the number -.35 in it so it should display the word Right. 

[Nesa Nurani]

Is your field named "Text23" or "Field23"?

Check that your field name is correct, also you can check console (CTRL+J) for any errors.

[Sharon38055632khef]

It is Text23.  I appreciate your help. This one has stumped me. 

[Nesa Nurani]

Did you solve it or you need further help?

[Sharon38055632khef]

No, I don't have it yet. Can I send the form to you? There is something I am missing here. 

[Sharon38055632khef]

I see I can add this.  

[Nesa Nurani]

Your field is named "TEXT23" not "Text23" JavaScript is case-sensitive, so change field name in the script to "TEXT23" and it will work.

[Sharon38055632khef]

You are a genius! I didn't know about case sensitive so good tip.  Have a wonderful day. 

[Sharon38055632khef]

If I could ask one more question.  I have a text box that I want to turn red if the number is over 5 and stay transparent if under 5. This is what I have for a script. 

if(event.value >= 5)
event.target.fillColor= color.red;
if(event.value <= 5)
event.target.fillColor= color.transparent;

The problem is that if it turns red and then the number changes the red box colour won't go away. Is there another script for that?

[Nesa Nurani]

You can't use equal in both conditions since if true it will always be last condition.

[Sharon38055632khef]

I see what is happening there, when it does turn red for the over 5, and then the answer is corrected it will not turn to transparent. It is changing the appearance to red. I have to go in and manually change it to no colour. This does not work when someone is using the form of course. I took out the last part of the script and it still works for changing to red. So, is the problem in the last part in changing it to transparent? 

[Sharon38055632khef]

I figured it out, I just took the =- sign out, like you said above. It works perfectly now. - Thank you once again.