how to manage a group of checkboxes?

[fiuPikeOY]

Hello,

I'm creating a test in coldfusion where some of the answers are check-boxes, and the right answer for those is all the answers that apply (eg. A, B, and C).

What's the best way to manage a checkBox group? For examaple q5 has 4 choices. Can I give those checkBoxes the same name since they are for q5, or will they be overwritten. What's the best way to check for the right answer (eg. for q5 is B and C and D)

Thanks for all your help

 

[DeZiner]

Assuming your value for these checkboxes are for example 1, 2, 3, and 4 on question 1. The user clicks 2 & 3 you can check the value:

<cfoutput>#form.q1#</cfoutput> will return 2,3 in a comma delimeted list.

You can then use listcontains(#form.q1#, "2") to see if it contained the correct answer of 2.

DeZiner
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[SidianConsulting]

DeZiner is right, but you want to use ListFind(FORM.q1,"2") instead of ListContains(). ListContains() would return TRUE if you had a list of "1,3,12", since it looks for items that CONTAIN a "2" character.

-Tek

 

[webmigit]

Be warned though, if no checkbox by a name is checked, the value and the field element itself is not passed.. so you need to..

You'll need to use parameterexists, isDefined, or CFPARAM for protection against that..

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