trials.thisN with continue routine not working

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I am using code to stop a routine after a number of trials have been completed.

I have tried all of the following methods

if trials.thisN == 5:
   continueRoutine = False

I have also tried adding a counter and having counter += 1 in end routine and then

if trials.thisN == counter:
   continueRoutine = False

I’m sure I’ve used something similar in the past, but I do recall thisN didn’t work for a while and was wondering if there was an issue or if I have forgotten something?

I did also try to use print(counter) and print(trials.thisN) but the runner is clogged up with other things I’m not really interested in currently.

2

Which tab is your code in?

3

For the first one it’s in begin routine

For the second:
counter= 0 in begin experiment
main code in begin routine
counter +=1 in end routine

4

Do you want to just skip the routine or break out of the loop?

To break out of the loop I would put code in End Routine

if trials.thisN == 4:
   trials.finished = True

To check whether trials.thisN is working use

print('thisN',trials.thisN)
5

thisN is working, I have managed to find the print out. However neither ending the routine nor ending the trials are working alonside it.

I currently has it sent to if trials.thisN ==1 for speed, but it continues and I get a print of thisN 2 etc

6

What version of PsychoPy are you using?

What does your flow look like? Do you just have one loop called trials?

7

2023.2.3

There are two other loops around other routines called trials_2 and trials_3

8

I managed to fix it. They were using trials_DMM, changing this to trials_4 instead has fixed the issue. It seems that trials.thisN doesn’t like anything other than numbers after “trials”