Hi Bruce, I misunderstood what was being asked and appreciate the time you put into your response. I do have a separate answer file for each of my tests. Further, in the forum, l only underlined the correct answers’ text because I thought that was the information I was being asked for. My school’s LMS will grade the exams for me once I supply it with the correct answers, which is easy for me to do.
To make things easier here, as most of my tests contain no more than 20 multiple-choice questions, for now, in the reformat, please just use for all the possible answers for each question (there are four, from Choice 1 to Choice 4), the word “Incorrect.” Then, once I have the code that will enable me to reformat a specific test’s questions, it should take me only a few minutes in BBEdit to change the correct answer in each question from “Incorrect” to “Correct.” Please let me know if you have any questions about what I wrote. Howard On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 1:44:00 PM UTC-4 Bruce Van Allen wrote: > anotherhoward, > > So you’re saying that the input text will have the correct answers for > each question underlined? > > This seems challenging: > > * A regular expression will not detect text formatting such as underlining > - in fact in plain text such as what we work with in BBEdit, there IS no > underlining. Some word processors allow searching by text formatting; > whether they’re scriptable I don’t know. > > * It’s your work :), but it seems tedious to have to manually underline or > otherwise mark the correct answers for each of up to 99 questions, > especially if the only reason to do so is to help with this transformation. > When I’ve built quizzes, the answers are in a separate index file that is > programmatically accessible for grading quizzes; such a thing would also be > useful for the kind of script that could transform your input into your > desired output. > > # Answers_Quiz_016.txt > Q A > 1 a > 2 c > 3 a > 4 d > 5 c > ... > > > * I suppose this is also a matter of what control you have over the input > - the set of questions and the knowledge/designation of the correct > answers. Also, how frequently you have to do this. > > More description? > > — Bruce > > _bruce__van_allen__santa_cruz_ca_ > > > > > > > On Sep 13, 2023, at 10:11 AM, 'anotherhoward' via BBEdit Talk < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Bruce, > > > > Please look at my last response, and let me know if that’s provides the > needed information. > > > > Thanks, > > Howard > > On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 1:06:21 PM UTC-4 Bruce Van Allen > wrote: > > Here’s what I think what Kevin is getting at: if you want a generalized > method that works for every/any question, not just the three in your > example, then that method has to know which answer to designate as correct. > > > > E.g., you’ve said there can be as many as 99 questions; which answer for > question 3 would be the correct one? For question 4? etc. > > > > There’s nothing in image 1 (the input) that indicates whether a), b), > c), or d) is the correct answer for each question. > > > > — Bruce > > > > _bruce__van_allen__santa_cruz_ca_ > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 13, 2023, at 9:55 AM, 'anotherhoward' via BBEdit Talk < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Kevin, > > > Is this of help? I’ve underlined the correct answers in the input. > > > Howard > > > > > > Here is the input in text format: > > > 1. Why is the "Description" component important when reflecting on > sports? > > > a) It helps you set future goals. > > > b) It provides context and sets the stage for reflection. > > > c) It summarizes the main lessons learned. > > > d) It assesses the positive and negative aspects. > > > > > > 2. Why is the "Evaluation" component important? > > > a) This is choice one. > > > b) This is choice two. > > > c) This is choice three. > > > d) This is choice four. > > > > > > 10. Why is the "Analysis" component important? > > > a) This is choice one. > > > b) This is choice two. > > > c) This is choice three. > > > d) This is choice four. > > > > > > On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 12:51:46 PM UTC-4 anotherhoward > wrote: > > > Kevin, > > > > > > The correct answers are shown in Image 2. > > > > > > Here are the correct answers: > > > Question 1: C > > > Question 2: B > > > Question 3: C > > > > > > HowardOn Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 12:34:59 PM UTC-4 Kevin Shay > wrote: > > > How do you know which answer is correct for each question? > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 11:32 AM 'anotherhoward' via BBEdit Talk < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > The image below (IMAGE 1) shows a sample of the original format of the > multiple choice questions I need to convert into another format. As there > could be from 10-99 of them, I made the third sample #10 so that one has a > double-digit number. > > > > > > If the solution can be presented in REGEX, that would be helpful; > however, I am open to other solutions. > > > > > > Howard > > > > > > IMAGE 1 > > > > > > The image after this one (IMAGE 2) shows how I need the first image's > contents reformatted. > > > > > > Here is the input in text format: > > > 1. Why is the "Description" component important when reflecting on > sports? > > > a) It helps you set future goals. > > > b) It provides context and sets the stage for reflection. > > > c) It summarizes the main lessons learned. > > > d) It assesses the positive and negative aspects. > > > > > > 2. Why is the "Evaluation" component important? > > > a) This is choice one. > > > b) This is choice two. > > > c) This is choice three. > > > d) This is choice four. > > > > > > 10. Why is the "Analysis" component important? > > > a) This is choice one. > > > b) This is choice two. > > > c) This is choice three. > > > d) This is choice four. > > > > > > Here is how I need the first image's contents reformatted. > > > > > > IMAGE 2 > > > > > > In the reformat: > > > 1. Each item starts with "MC." > > > 2. Immediately after "MC" is the multiple-choice question. > > > 3. Then, for each item, there are the four possible answers, from > "Choice 1" to "Choice 4." > > > 5. Each possible answer is followed by "Correct" (once) and > "Incorrect" (three times), with the position of "Correct" varying. > > > 6. Each of an item's components except its last one needs to be > followed by a TAB press. The last one in each item is followed by a RETURN. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature > request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" > rather than posting here. 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