Counter-balancing with increase()
Jaap MurreThis script gives an example of counter-balancing. Note that the output is shown in the so called console window (open with F12 on Windows or Cmd-Option-J on Mac). More information about the increase() and how it is implemented can be found in the free NeuroTask Scripting book.
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// See https://leanpub.com/neurotask2nd/read#leanpub-auto-increase-and-decrease
// for a description of this demo
// The output can only be viewed in the Console Window (press F12 on Chrome)
var n = increase("subject_id","script");
console.log("Subject ID",n);
// % is the modulus operator
// See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Arithmetic_Operators
if (n%2 === 0)
{
console.log(">>>>>> List variant A")
}
else
{
console.log(">>>>>> List variant B")
}
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