Scores All Test/Inventory Scorer Works only on PC

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Brad

I have a question for this newsgroup. Why is it that the JavaScript
Program below
runs only on PC browsers and not on MAC browsers? Please reply to
(e-mail address removed) if you have a solution to make it run in MAC
browsers.
Thanks. This post itself may be read as a text web page
by going to http://www.concentric.net/~cyberper/forPost.htm .

Below is a digitally signed copy of the code for the Universal
Inventory/Test Scorer
(JavaScript version). This code is signed, so you can know that this is
code
from me, Brad Jesness. This digital signature is well-known to be the
only one
I use and the fact that it is mine is shown by my listing it and signing
with it
on mypubKey2.htm (http://www.concentric.net/~cyberper/mypubKey2.htm)
web page on my web site.

To use this program, you either have to Copy the code below into NotePad
and
save it as something.htm or go to the html/javascript web page on this
site.

Let me tell you what this program does. It is a scores-all type
program, that scores
any objective test or personality inventory automatically, once you give
it the
scoring system and then the student/client responses. It's only
limitations are that it
runs only on PC browsers (for some unknown reason) and the
client/student answers
are limited to one response per item.

So you can try the program out, let me describe how a test scoring
system would look
and then how a set of student answers would look. :Let me give you a
sample
scoring system of a test with only 10 items. Items must be T or F OR a,
b , c, d, ...
This test has the following correct answers: #1: T #2: F #3: a #4:
b #5: d #6: f
#7: c #8: e #9:F and #10:T Here it is:

001
0010
002
0000
0020
003
0030
004
0000
0040
005
0000
0000
0000
0050
006
0000
0000
0000
0000
0000
0060
007
0000
0000
0070
008
0000
0000
0000
0000
0080
009
0000
0090
010
0100
011
0000

Student answers would look like:

T
F
a
b
d
f
c
e
F
T

To do it, you paste in the Scoring System (with one extra bogus item or
scale added -- as I
have done) and you click the "DoIt" Button. When you paste the scoring
system, begin
with the first character and copy only up through the last character
(similarly for the student
answers). After the first click of the button, copy and paste in the
student answers and
click the DoIt button again. The test or personality inventory is
scored automatically.

An example of a scoring system and answers for a personality inventory,
like the MMPI-2
may be found on my http://www.concentric.net/~cyberper/quick_start.htm
web page.

The PGP software used to sign this code below yields code that runs just
fine, but is
not optimally readable. Here and below the signed copy, I provide code
segments
in a more readable form, which one can substitute for portions of code
that
got segmented and less readable by the PGP software.

The following lines at the top of the code can be substituted, so the
code is more
readable:
<!--
<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Universal Test/Inventory Scorer</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<script language="javascript">
var myArray;
var pssArray = new Array();
var fpssArray = new Array();
var ansArray = new Array();
var results = new Array();
var noIS = 0;
var whStr = 0;
var time = 1;
var impStr;
var myRegEx1;
var b;
var theLet = new
Array("x","a","b","c","d","e","f","g","h","i","j","k","l","m","n","o","p","q","r","s","t","u","v","w","x","y","z");
var fval = "";

[snip]
-->
Other lines of more readable code (to substitute for the similar code in
the signed copy)
are provided below the signed block. Here is the full body of signed
code that
is the JS Scorer program itself (and some directions):

[BELOW IS THE BEGINNING OF THE SIGNED BLOCK OF CODE]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

<!-- (Remove this comment tag and these instructions here at the
top; also remove the end comment tag (the last line of this code).)
Copy everything from the top html tag through the end html tag,
inclusive. Paste into NotePad. Save as something.htm (when saving
either switch the bottom box to "All Files" or put quotes around
"something.htm"). This is the Universal Test/Inventory Scorer
(JavaScript version, requiring no downloads or plug-ins).

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Universal Test/Inventory Scorer</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=iso-8859-1">
<script language="javascript">
var myArray;
var pssArray = new Array();
var fpssArray = new Array();
var ansArray = new Array();
var results = new Array();
var noIS = 0;
var whStr = 0;
var time = 1;
var impStr;
var myRegEx1;
var b;
var theLet = new
Array("x","a","b","c","d","e","f","g","h","i","j","k","l","m","n","o",
"p","q","r","s","t","u","v","w","x","y","z");
var fval = "";
var myRegEx2;
var temp = new Array();
var temp2;
var ssLines = new Array();
var l;


function DoIt()
{
temp[0] = new Array("hi","there");
ansArray[0] = "a";
if(time>1)
{
DoIt2();

document.form2.myTextarea.value = fval;
return;

}
else
{
impStr = document.form2.myTextarea.value

temp2= new Array();
myRegEx1 = /\n/
b = impStr.split(myRegEx1)
myArray = new Array(b.length);
myRegEx2 = /\b.*\b/


for (var i=0; i<b.length; i++)
{

myArray = b;
myArray = myRegEx2.exec(myArray)

}

for (var i=0; i<myArray.length; i++)
{


if((myArray).toString().length == 3)
{

ssLines[noIS] = whStr;
temp[noIS] = temp2;

fpssArray = temp;
noIS += 1;
whStr = 0;
temp2 = new Array("hi","there");


}
else
{ if((myArray).toString().length > 3)
{
whStr += 1;


temp2[whStr] = (myArray).toString()



}

}



}
time = time + 1;
document.form2.myTextarea.value = "";
}
return;
}

function DoIt2()
{
impStr = document.form2.myTextarea.value
myRegEx1 = /\n/
b = impStr.split(myRegEx1)

ansArray = new Array(b.length + 1);
myRegEx2 = /\b.*\b/


for (var i=0; i<b.length; i++)
{
l = i+1;
ansArray[l] = b;
ansArray[l] = myRegEx2.exec(ansArray[l])

}

for(i=1;i<=noIS;i++)
{
results = 0;
for(var j=1;j<=ssLines;j++)
{

var tempx;
for(var
m=0;m<Math.floor(((fpssArray[j].toString()).length)/3);m++)
{

tempx =
parseInt(parseFloat(((fpssArray[j]).toString()).substring((m*3),(m*
3)+3)) + .9);

if(ansArray[tempx] == "T") {ansArray[tempx] = "a";}
if(ansArray[tempx] == "F") {ansArray[tempx] = "b";}
if(ansArray[tempx] == theLet[j]) {results = results + 1;}
}

}
}

for(var i=1;i<=noIS;i++)
{
fval += "Scale/Item " + i + " Score: " + results +
"\n";

}
return;

}
</script>
</head>

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<center><h1>Universal Objective Test/Inventory Scorer</h1>
<h2> This scores any objective test or personality inventory
automatically.<br>
(The only restriction is that each test or inventory item can have
only 1<br> answer (i.e. one response); for inventories, items may
count on <br>
more than one scale and/or be weighted -- by entering an item <br>
number more than once in the scoring system.)</h2></center>
<form name="form2" method="post" action="">
<p><font size="4">In the textarea you paste the scoring system THEN
click the DoIt button;
paste the answers <br>and click the DoIt button again. The scoring
system must be in a particular format
which is described <br>at the bottom of this page. Just as with the
Java version, client/student answers must simply <br>
be a,b,c, ... or T or F and one answer per line in a raw text file
(like NotePad, TextPad, <br>
or SimpleText) -- with no extra spaces or returns anywhere. <br>Each
'answer' is an answer to a test/inventory item; of course, they are
in order.</font> </p>
<p>
<form name="form2" method="post" action="">

<textarea name="myTextarea" rows="25" cols="100" wrap="OFF"
scroll="yes"></textarea>
</p>
<p>
<input type="button" name="myButton" value="DoIt"
onClick="DoIt();">
</p>
</form>
<br>
<p align="center"><font size="5">Modified Directions for Making
&quot;Scoring
System Text File&quot;<br>
for The JavaScript Version of the Universal (Generalized) <br>
Inventory/Test Scorer</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="4">You should begin by reading all the
directions on
my <a
href="http://www.concentric.net/~cyberper/quick_start.htm">quick_start
..htm</a> and <br>
<a
href="http://www.concentric.net/~cyberper/ANNOUNCEMENT.htm">ANNOUNCEME
NT.htm</a> web pages.&nbsp; The directions
for how the student/client <br>
answers are to be formatted for the JS version of the Scorer are
identical to
the <br>
directions for the Java version.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="4">Regarding the &quot;scoring system
text
file&quot;, you should begin by following the <br>
directions on the two web pages mentioned above.&nbsp; Making the
scoring file <br>
for the Java version is an excellent way to begin to make the scoring
system <br>
file for this JS version. These directions are also on the 2 web
pages noted
above.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="4">After you have followed those
directions for
making the scoring system file <br>
you should then make the following modifications:</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ** Remove all
the blank
(empty) LINES between the scoring for the <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; individual
test
items/inventory scales.&nbsp; No blank LINES are to be <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in the scoring
file for
the JS version.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ** Add a
scoring section
for a last BOGUS item.&nbsp; It should look like this: </font></p>
<p align="left"><font
size="4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
084<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs
p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
0000</font></p>
<p align="left"><font
size="4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(in this example, the test had 83 items OR the inventory had 83
scales) </font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ** Leave the cursor
right
after this final set of 4 zeros (0000) -- you do NOT <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; do two returns as
you do for
the Java scoring system file. </font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="4">That's it. </font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="4">You paste the scoring system (with
modifications
noted). Click the DoIt button. <br>
Paste in the student/client answers and Click the DoIt button AGAIN.
<br>
No need for a third button click, like in the Java version.<br>
<br>
<br>
To use for a second student/client, Click Reload Button on the
browser, then CLICK <br>
BEHIND the address in the browser's address blank and hold down the
Shift key <br>
and hit RETURN. This procedure ensures a clean new loading of the
program. <br>
<br>
**********************<br>
<br>
All users of this JavaScript Scorer program are to be individually
granted <br>
permission to use it AND it is for THEIR USE ONLY. Furthermore, <br>
all users of either version of the program are asked to go to my main
web <br>
page and read it.&nbsp; This is <a
href="http://www.concentric.net/~cyberper/index.htm">index.htm</a> or
(equivalently, <a
href="http://www.concentric.net/~cyberper/it.html">it.html said:
<p align="left">&nbsp;</p>

</body>
</html>

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[ABOVE IS THE END OF SIGNED BLOCK OF CODE]

For somewhat better readability, you might want to substitute the
following code for code at
the bottom of the signed copy:

<!--

<form name="form2" method="post" action="">

<textarea name="myTextarea" rows="25" cols="100" wrap="OFF"
scroll="yes"></textarea>
</p>
<p>
<input type="button" name="myButton" value="DoIt" onClick="DoIt();">
</p>
</form>
<br>
<p align="center"><font size="5">Modified Directions for Making
&quot;Scoring
System Text File&quot;<br>
for The JavaScript Version of the Universal (Generalized) <br>
Inventory/Test Scorer</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="4">You should begin by reading all the
directions on
my <a
href="http://www.concentric.net/~cyberper/quick_start.htm">quick_start.htm</a>
and <br>
<a
href="http://www.concentric.net/~cyberper/ANNOUNCEMENT.htm">ANNOUNCEMENT.htm</a>
web pages.&nbsp; The directions
for how the student/client <br>
answers are to be formatted for the JS version of the Scorer are
identical to
the <br>
directions for the Java version.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="4">Regarding the &quot;scoring system text
file&quot;, you should begin by following the <br>
directions on the two web pages mentioned above.&nbsp; Making the
scoring file <br>
for the Java version is an excellent way to begin to make the scoring
system <br>
file for this JS version. These directions are also on the 2 web pages
noted
above.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="4">After you have followed those directions
for
making the scoring system file <br>
you should then make the following modifications:</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ** Remove all
the blank
(empty) LINES between the scoring for the <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; individual test
items/inventory scales.&nbsp; No blank LINES are to be <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in the scoring
file for
the JS version.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ** Add a scoring
section
for a last BOGUS item.&nbsp; It should look like this: </font></p>
<p align="left">
<font size="4">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
084<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
0000</font></p>
<p align="left"><font
size="4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(in this example, the test had 83 items OR the inventory had 83 scales)
</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ** Leave the cursor
right
after this final set of 4 zeros (0000) -- you do NOT <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; do two returns as you
do for
the Java scoring system file. </font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="4">That's it. </font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="4">You paste the scoring system (with
modifications
noted). Click the DoIt button. <br>
Paste in the student/client answers and Click the DoIt button AGAIN.
<br>
No need for a third button click, like in the Java version.<br>
<br>
<br>
To use for a second student/client, Click Reload Button on the browser,
then CLICK <br>
BEHIND the address in the browser's address blank and hold down the
Shift key <br>
and hit RETURN. This procedure ensures a clean new loading of the
program. <br>
<br>
**********************<br>
<br>
All users of this JavaScript Scorer program are to be individually
granted <br>
permission to use it AND it is for THEIR USE ONLY. Furthermore, <br>
all users of either version of the program are asked to go to my main
web <br>
page and read it.&nbsp; This is <a
href="http://www.concentric.net/~cyberper/index.htm">index.htm</a> or
(equivalently, <a
href="http://www.concentric.net/~cyberper/it.html">it.html</a>).</font></p>
<p align="left">&nbsp;</p>

</body>
</html>
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T

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn

Brad said:
I have a question for this newsgroup.

Sorry, but the newsgroup is unavailable. I will answer, OK?
Why is it that the JavaScript Program below
runs only on PC browsers and not on MAC browsers? Please reply to
(e-mail address removed)

No, I won't. Write here, read here.
[snip]
Below is a digitally signed copy of the code for the Universal
Inventory/Test Scorer
(JavaScript version).
[More than 400 lines of code]

You may try `javascript:' in the location bar of the browsers you are
testing with (which?) and read the FAQ before abusing this newsgroup as
a trash can for your bloated code.


PointedEars
 

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