NIPO ODIN Version 5.17

*NOCON

Purpose

Specifies that the code in a question doesn't come under control.

Syntax

*NOCON

Description

This command is always used behind a code definition and must be specified after this code on the same line. If the codes of the current question are displayed under control by means of *CONTROL then this code is ignored and always displayed. This command is also used for the question options *RANDOM, *INV and *ROT. All codes starting from the code that have *NOCON as option are displayed on the screen.

If used in combination with *LIST and *NUMBER or *ALPHA the code is always displayed regardless of the text entered as the narrowed-down search.

Example

*QUESTION 1 *CODES 61L10 *MULTI
What PC brands do you know?
(Unaided awareness)

1: Acer
2: AST
3: Compaq
4: Dell
5: Hewlett Packard
6: IBM
7: Philips
8: Tulip

9: Other *OPEN
10: Don’t know any makes*NMUL

*QUESTION 2 *CODES 71L10 *MULTI *CONTROL Q1 N
Which of the following PC makes do you know?

(Aided awareness)

1: Acer
2: AST
3: Compaq
4: Dell
5: Hewlett Packard
6: IBM
7: Philips
8: Tulip

10: None of the above *NMUL *NOCON

In this example, code 10 in question 2 is always displayed, even when it is mentioned in question 1.

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