Extending numeric question range

Question

I would like to extend the numeric range to 16 digits. Sawtooth displayed an error saying 9 digits is the maximum.

Can I change this somehow?

Answer 1

I created open end question for such type of problem and used custom javascript to check if it consists numeric value only, In my case, I created grid question S9b and used below script to check this.


var checkOK = "0123456789";
var k=0;
var check=new Array();
var allValid = true;
var str = document.mainform.S9b_r1_c1.value;
  var str1 = parseInt(document.mainform.S9b_r1_c1.value);
   
for (i = 0;  i < str.length;  i++)
{
    ch = str.charAt(i);
    for (j = 0;  j < checkOK.length;  j++)
    if (ch == checkOK.charAt(j))
    break;
    if (j == checkOK.length)
    {
        allValid = false;
        break;
    }
}

if ((!allValid) || (str1==0))
{
strErrorMessage="A response is required.";
}


If you are looking to update any quota based on this value then use below function:

StringToNumber(S9b_r1_c1)

Hope it helps you.

Comments

you could use

function isNumber(n) {
  return !isNaN(parseFloat(n)) && isFinite(n);
}

that I found on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18082/validate-numbers-in-javascript-isnumeric

Answer 2

Paul, I have something set up that I use for collecting a zipcode and was having issues with the numeric field and some zipcodes starting with 0 so I now set it up as a text box and add the following javascript to the javascript verification tab.  It's simple and you should be able to use it for your purposes.  If you set up a textbox in Free Format and in the parameters you can set the minimum and maximum number of characters adn then add this, let's call it Q1_r1:

var q1var=SSI_GetValue("Q1_r1");
if(isNaN(q1var))
{
var strErrorMessage = "The response must be numeric. Please enter a numeric answer for this question";
}