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If a user types their answer to a multichoice question, instead of selecting from the list, is there a way to automatically guess their answer from those choices?
Yes, it is. Add a Topic that has keywords that will be triggered when the user types an entry. In that Topic create a multi-choice question. If the user types one of the values in their initial phrase that triggers the topic then the question won't be asked but the value will be loaded directly into the variable. If the phrase that triggers the topic doesn't have one of the options in it then the question will be asked so the user can pick an option. Take a look at the topic below. If the user types Pick an Apple. Then Var 1 will be set to Apple. If the user types Choose then they will be prompted to pick one of the fruits
@Pstork1 would I need to pass that back into a global variable?
I've just discovered option synonyms.. That may be all I need for now anyway.
If you want to use it in other topics yes, but if you are just using it in this one topic it will already be in Var1. It acts just like you asked the question and the user picked the choice. It just bypasses the question if the topic already contains the choice. But the variable is output the same either way.
That makes sense, thanks so much.
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