Form component: how to have commas in the response items?

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If this template helps then use it. If not then just delete and start from scratch.

OS (e.g. Win10): Win10
PsychoPy version (e.g. 1.84.x): 3.2.4
Standard Standalone? (y/n) If not then what?: y
What are you trying to achieve?: Have commas in the responses items in a form component

Hello!
I am using the form component in builder.
My condition file is made of several sentences with commas. However, it is a separator, so it just splits my sentences.
I tried to insert several different characters in the condition file so that psychopy understands these commas are not list separators. But I can’t make it understand.

How should I do that?
Thanks!
Oceane.

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Maybe I can be clearer.
In the ‘options’ column of my condition file, I have something like : Hey, how are you, Hello.
-> the first comma is an actual comma, the second one is a list separator
But the first one acts as a separator as well and it shouldn’t.

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Surround your sentences with quotes: "Hey, how are you", Hello

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Hello @Michael , I tried this already and it won’t work :frowning:

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Hi @Oceane, apologies but Form uses commas as a separator, to divide up your options at the different tick locations. Your best option for now is to reconstruct your sentences so commas are not used. E.g., "Hey! How are you?"

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These are standardized questions, I cannot change anything except the way I display them. I will add text components or something then.
Thanks a lot for your help!!

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An alternative is to just use a Slider component for each question. Make your PANAS questionnaire as the conditions file, and loop through each question presenting a single item on each screen. The Slider does not have the same issue with labels.

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I found a pseudo-solution: I used a special character that looks like a comma (sort of), then it is not processed as a separator.

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