Answer Codes

NIPO ODIN Version 5.17

Answer Codes

Answer codes are recognized by a number followed by a colon. This number has to be the first non-blank character at the beginning of a line. Code numbers can be used indifferently. Code numbers have to be unique within a question. If the code text does not fit on a line, it is allowed to continue on the next line. All the following lines will be considered as part of the code until the first blank line.

Answer code numbers may range from 0 to 2147483647 for single-coded questions and from 1 to the remaining positions available in the U-file for multiple-coded (*MULTI) questions.

*HEADING texts may be provided to group sections of codes, but headings are not considered part of the answer labels.

Example

*QUESTION 1 *CODES L2
This is the question text.

Long lines in question and code texts will automatically be truncated at complete words if the line exceeds the screen width.

Question text and codes may contain empty lines. Empty lines between codes are removed if *AUTO command is used AND the text is too long to fit on the screen.

1: This is category one
2: This is category two
5: This is category
five

7: This is category seven

running over three

lines

This line will be considered as text

11: This is category eleven

*END