hi I am relatively new around here. I am all thumbs in all sorts of programming. i am trying to build a small application for computer-based tests with mulitple-choices questions (with radio buttons). i have designed the layout in html, but i haven't the faintest idea how would the value of clicked radio button can be displayed. more specifically, if i have five questions, each with four choices (radio buttons) i want that when the user clicks "submit", i should get a table of the values of radio buttons clicked. after that i will manipulate it (copy it to a spreadsheet) and calculate scores. anybody can help? i don't understand things beyond simple html, so pl explain like i were a moron. thanks.
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I've moved this to the PHP section as I think this question is bettter suited here. If you don't have a PHP-capable server, please ask the appropriate [super]moderator to move it back to the JavaScript section (I can't do that.)
To address your question; You could submit the form to a serverside PHP script which bascially gets a list of all the checked boxes. That list can then be validated, printed back to the browser, stored in a database or file, or emailed somewhere if you prefer that. If the data is stored in a database or file, all the collected answers could be exported at once to say a comma separated value list readable by spreadsheet programs.
I would do a search for "quiz" on www.hotscripts.com. I'm sure there's a BUNCH of solutions, many of which are open source and/or freeware that would do exactly what you want.
But as TwoD mentioned, if you have a PHP -enabled server, chances are you have the ability to setup a database (MySQL) along with it. A lot of script authors will usually offer an installation service as well to get you up and running for a small fee.
i sure need to thank you folks TWoD, Rocket, Jc... as i said, i'm all thumbs so php and java are no different to me than are coke and pepsi! i'll try and again get back. you techie guys will fall off your chair laughing if i tell you what i do... i provide a text box against each answer choice... once the student is finished, i manually copy all the text boxes to excel. since excel can't read the values inside the text box, i again copy Individual values to the next column and then finally using the 'sum' and 'if' functions (that's coding for me) i calculate the final scores. if by chance anyone has a better way of excel understanding the text boxes, it would reduce my load drastically... thanks again.
Hey, no prob! Gotta start somewhere. If this takes up quite a bit of your time, there's definitely some better options than the redundancy you deal with now. Since EXCEL supports CSV (comma separated values), you could very easily take these forms and shape the data into CSV, allowing you to avoid manually typing that stuff every time. This is one of many possibilities.
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If this takes up quite a bit of your time, there's definitely some better options than the redundancy you deal with now. 
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