Code runs properly for 1 group but fails to save decisions for subsequent groups

[Ankita Acharya]

Hi,

I hope you are well and thanks in advance for the help. I am running an experiment where a randomly selected proposer enters three values into numeric input boxes. In the next page, I use this code to retrieve the numeric input values. 

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let proposalA = getValue('decisions', 'subjectNr=' + proposer, 'proposalA') || 0;
let proposalB = getValue('decisions', 'subjectNr=' + proposer, 'proposalB') || 0;
let proposalC = getValue('decisions', 'subjectNr=' + proposer, 'proposalC') || 0;

console.log(proposalA, proposalB, proposalC);

// Step 1: Retrieve existing proposalHistory as a string
let proposalHistoryRaw = getValue('proposalHistory') || "";
console.log("Raw proposalHistory retrieved:", proposalHistoryRaw, "Type:", typeof proposalHistoryRaw);

// Step 2: Convert string to an array (handle empty cases)
let proposalHistoryArray = proposalHistoryRaw ? proposalHistoryRaw.split(';') : [];

// Handle cases where `split(';')` might return [""] instead of an empty array
if (proposalHistoryArray.length === 1 && proposalHistoryArray[0] === "") {
    proposalHistoryArray = [];
}

let loopCount = getValue('loopCount');

// Step 3: Format the new proposal entry as a comma-separated string
let newProposalEntry = [loopCount, proposer, proposalA, proposalB, proposalC].join(',');

// Step 4: Add the new entry to the proposal history array
proposalHistoryArray.push(newProposalEntry);
console.log("Added new proposal entry:", newProposalEntry);

// Step 5: Store the updated proposal history back as a semicolon-separated string
record('proposalHistory', proposalHistoryArray.join(';'));
console.log("Updated Proposal History Stored:", proposalHistoryArray.join(';'));

// Convert each entry into an array of values
let parsedProposalHistory = proposalHistoryArray.map(entry => entry.split(','));

console.log("Parsed Proposal History:", parsedProposalHistory);

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This code works properly and outputs accurate values for group 1. However, for groups 2 and onwards, it outputs the attached console log. 

If you have any idea why this is happening, that would be extremely helpful. Thank you for the help!

Best,

Ankita

[in...@lioness-lab.org]

Hi Ankita,

 

I believe your code requires also specifying the groupNr to the value of the participants’ current group. So

 

let proposalA = getValue('decisions', 'groupNr='+groupNr+ ' and subjectNr=' + proposer, 'proposalA') || 0;

 

etc

 

cheers, Lucas

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