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Hi all,
Long time lurker, first time poster. I am working in Adobe Acrobat Pro 2017, and created a fillable PDF for employee appraisals. To calculate the employee's score at the end of the form, I need to calculate the number of fields where text was entered (like the Excel "COUNTA" function) so I can divide that by the added total of ratings. I have everything figured out except the custom calculation script for totalling the number of fields that have text entered in them. I've spent the past 8 hours deep in the weeds in Google and this support community and have found numerous similar scenarios, but I can't get any of those scripts to work. I'm old, my brain is fried, I know zilch about JavaScript and would really, REALLY appreciate any insight or help.
For reference, the fields are named COM.01 through COM.18, and I just need to count the total number of fields containing text, leaving out any COM. fields that are blank.
Thanking you in advance.
See if this works for you:
var total = 0;
var fields = this.getField("COM").getArray();
for (var i=0; i<fields.length; i++) {
var f = (fields[i]).valueAsString;
if (f !="") total++;
}
event.value = total;
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You can use this code as the custom calculation script of your text field:
var total = 0;
var fields = this.getField("COM").getArray();
for (var i=0; i<fields.length; i++) {
if (f.valueAsString!="") total++;
}
event.value = total;
If you want it to immediately display the relative amount of filled-in fields to the total, change the last line to:
event.value = total/fields.length;
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Thank you very much. I copied and pasted that into the field where I need the result, but nothing happened when I entered text into the "COM." fields.
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Edit: I pasted it into the custom calculation script in the field where I need the result. I AM TIRED, lol.
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Change the value of one of those fields and then check the JS Console (Ctrl+J) for error messages.
If you can't figure it out please share the file with us for further help.
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See if this works for you:
var total = 0;
var fields = this.getField("COM").getArray();
for (var i=0; i<fields.length; i++) {
var f = (fields[i]).valueAsString;
if (f !="") total++;
}
event.value = total;
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This worked!!! Thank you SO MUCH!!! I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.
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Hi!
I searched for this answer and your custom calculation is so very close to what I need. Can you tell me what the custom calculation would be for counting all filled fields containing a number value greater than 0? I would be so appreciative!
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Try like this:
var total = 0;
var fields = this.getField("COM").getArray();
for (var i=0; i<fields.length; i++) {
var f = Number((fields[i]).valueAsString);
if (f > 0) total++;
}
event.value = total;
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Hello! I, too, have been looking for hours for a custom calculation that will work for our employee appraisal form. I need something similar that will count all of the fields that contain a number between 1-4. For reference, the fields are named Rating1, Rating2, Rating3...Rating28. The problem I'm running into is that I need it to exclude any fields that have a 0 plugged in. I tried these codes and a few others I found on other threads here, but none of them have worked. I know nothing about this, so any help would be amazing!
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For reference, the closest code I've gotten to work is:
var total = "";
for (var i=1; i<=28; i++) {
if (this.getField("Rating"+i).valueAsString != "") total++;
}
event.value = total;
but it doesn't exclude any fields that have a 0.
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Change:
!= ""
To:
!== ""
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Nope, no luck there. It's still counting the fields with a 0.
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This will count only numbers between 1-4:
var total = "";
for (var i=1; i<=28; i++) {
var f = Number(this.getField("Rating"+i).valueAsString);
if (f > 0 && f <= 4) total++;}
event.value = total;
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That worked! Thank you so much!!!
I've been searching for hours and this string seems to be the closest to what I am looking for. For reference, I'm very new at building adobe forms.
I have created the form (attached), added some drop downs lists, digital signature blocks, and a few very basic calculations. I'd like to have the form tally specific responses from the drop down list in the fields titled "dropdown6.0" through "dropdown6.19" and then place those responces in specific fields at the top of the form.
Essentially, I want to use the "COUNTIF" function from Excel, but the Adobe version.
How would I go about doing this?
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For "Leave" field, you can use this as custom calculation script of "Leave" field:
var total = 0;
for( var i=0; i<=19; i++){
var f = this.getField("Dropdown6."+i).valueAsString;
if(f === "Leave")total++;}
event.value = total;
Use same script for other fields, just replace "Leave" with another field value.