Combined Logging
Jaap MurreDemonstrates how you can combine the inputs from several controls and log it as a string. It also shows how to check whether a certain word is contained within the subject’s answer.
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// Several input questions
input("What is your favorite fruit?","fruit");
input("What is your favorite drink?","drink");
input("What is your favorite animal","animal");
// They are combined into an array using the response object
var results = [ response["fruit"].toLowerCase(),
response["drink"].toLowerCase(),
response["animal"].toLowerCase() ];
// Use the console.log() function to inspect the array in the console
// Use F12 on Windows to make the console visible
console.log("Results: ",results);
// For logging purposes, it is best to convert the array into a string:
var s = results.join(","); // Join the elements with , (comma) between them
console.log("String: ",s); // Show the string in the console
log(s,"combined_inputs"); // Now log the string to your account
var cat_counter = 0; // Count the number of cat answers one subject gives
// indexOf('cat') returns the 0-based position of the word cat
if (response["animal"].indexOf("cat") === -1) {
console.log("No cat");
}
else
{
console.log("Cat!");
cat_counter = cat_counter + 1;
// cat_counter += 1;
// cat_counter++;
}
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