Re: Mixed, or conditional, datatypes

From: Aloha Kakuikanu <aloha.kakuikanu_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 26 Mar 2007 11:47:27 -0700
Message-ID: <1174933365.671042.111910@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>

On Mar 25, 6:14 am, "sinister" <sinis..._at_nospam.invalid> wrote:
> Example: suppose I'm storing responses to a diagnostic interview. One of
> the questions asked of the subject is something like
>
> 7. Have you always lived in the US?
>
> 7a. If the answer to 7 is "no," how many years have you lived in the US?

Why don't you just ask

7*. How many years have you lived in the US?

Then subtract this number from persons age, to get the answer to question #7.

As many folks aren't really familiar with the concept of 0, then you have to add a footnote: "(Enter 0 if you never lived in the US)" Received on Mon Mar 26 2007 - 13:47:27 CDT