Description of the problem: I’ve been trying to move one of my studies online, but I’ve been having issues with the JS code only working when its set Begin Routine, not when its been left - where it needs to be - in Begin Experiment. I’m completely new to trying to run studies online, but this is a…

Does it persist if you edit the file on Gitlab?

Thanks for the replies It looks like the var trick may have done the job

'Begin Experiment' code not working – Online Builder with Code components

jonathan.kominsky April 13, 2020, 1:29pm 3

Probably a scope issue. Remove the word “var” from before each variable so they will be declared as implicit globals See here: Variable not defined

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