Skipping a Question when It's Left Blank

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Hi ODK Community,

I am working on my first ever XLS form and it's been going OK so far with the support material I've found.

I am designing a set of nested questions where if person enters their phone number, they will be asked if that number is a home or cell phone. But if they leave the phone number blank, the next questions will be skipped.

I know how to use the "relevant" column when the question is multiple choice but I'm not sure what to do when it's a text question. Help please.

Thank you!

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It's the same. Test for empty questions with ${var} = ''.

Yaw

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On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 4:26 PM, iknow2project@gmail.com wrote:

Hi ODK Community,

I am working on my first ever XLS form and it's been going OK so far with the support material I've found.

I am designing a set of nested questions where if person enters their phone number, they will be asked if that number is a home or cell phone. But if they leave the phone number blank, the next questions will be skipped.

I know how to use the "relevant" column when the question is multiple choice but I'm not sure what to do when it's a text question. Help please.

Thank you!

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Thanks Yaw. I thought that too but then realized I am testing for NOT empty question. Is there a "not equal" sign (for example: ~= or !=) I can use for the command?

Thanks again!

··· On Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 4:30:04 PM UTC-4, Yaw Anokwa wrote: > It's the same. Test for empty questions with ${var} = ''. > > Yaw > -- > Need ODK services? http://nafundi.com provides form design, server > setup, professional support, and software development for ODK. > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 4:26 PM, wrote: > > Hi ODK Community, > > > > I am working on my first ever XLS form and it's been going OK so far with the support material I've found. > > > > I am designing a set of nested questions where if person enters their phone number, they will be asked if that number is a home or cell phone. But if they leave the phone number blank, the next questions will be skipped. > > > > I know how to use the "relevant" column when the question is multiple choice but I'm not sure what to do when it's a text question. Help please. > > > > Thank you! > > > > -- > > -- > > Post: opendatakit@googlegroups.com > > Unsubscribe: opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com > > Options: http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ODK Community" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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!= is the not equal to operator.

http://xlsform.org/ and
https://opendatakit.org/help/form-design/binding/ has the answer to
this and many of your previous questions.

Yaw

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On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 4:52 PM, iknow2project@gmail.com wrote:

Thanks Yaw. I thought that too but then realized I am testing for NOT empty question. Is there a "not equal" sign (for example: ~= or !=) I can use for the command?

Thanks again!

On Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 4:30:04 PM UTC-4, Yaw Anokwa wrote:

It's the same. Test for empty questions with ${var} = ''.

Yaw

Need ODK services? http://nafundi.com provides form design, server
setup, professional support, and software development for ODK.

On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 4:26 PM, iknow2project@gmail.com wrote:

Hi ODK Community,

I am working on my first ever XLS form and it's been going OK so far with the support material I've found.

I am designing a set of nested questions where if person enters their phone number, they will be asked if that number is a home or cell phone. But if they leave the phone number blank, the next questions will be skipped.

I know how to use the "relevant" column when the question is multiple choice but I'm not sure what to do when it's a text question. Help please.

Thank you!

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