# Select the top answer from multiple question

**URL:** <https://forum.getodk.org/t/select-the-top-answer-from-multiple-question/11551>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** odk-xlsform\
**Created:** [January 26, 2018, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/select-the-top-answer-from-multiple-question/11551 "2018-01-26T09:34:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sanish\_shrestha](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/sanish_shrestha/32/3282_2.png) [@sanish\_shrestha](https://forum.getodk.org/u/sanish_shrestha)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/select-the-top-answer-from-multiple-question/11551/1 "2018-01-26T09:34:25Z")

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**What is the problem? Please be detailed.**  
For example:  
Q1) What is your favorite flavor of Ice cream?

Options will be multiple choice:  
Vanilla........... 1  
Chocolate.......2  
Milkshake.......3  
Ice milk..........4  
Kulfi...............5  
...  
...  
...  
Soft serve........9  
Choc-top.........10

NOTE: respondent choose option no. 3, 5, 9.

Q2)Why (take the answer of Q1 which is top in the list selected by respondent) flavor ice cream is your favorite?

NOTE: The question should be display like this "Why Milkshake flavor ice cream is your favorite?"

**What ODK tool and version are you using? And on what device and operating system version?**

**What steps can we take to reproduce the problem?**

**What you have you tried to fix the problem?**

**Anything else we should know or have? If you have a test form or screenshots or logs, attach here.**

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**Author:** ![anon38864895](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@anon38864895](https://forum.getodk.org/u/anon38864895)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/select-the-top-answer-from-multiple-question/11551/2 "2018-01-27T09:46:23Z")

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HI @sanish_shrestha Can you try this and see if that is okay for you. [Repeat questions using different questions outside repeat - #5 by Fabla](https://forum.getodk.org/t/repeat-questions-using-different-questions-outside-repeat/10571/5)

thank you,  
[fabla2020@gmail.com](mailto:fabla2020@gmail.com)