Is it possible to have more than one correct answer for a variable?

ms45

Hello,
I'm trying to make a puzzle, the solution of which is a birthdate. Because of different date conventions, I want to allow for February 14 1990 to be entered into the text macro as "140290" and "021490" and have both be correct.

The problem I have is that my code currently allows any string to be correct.

The text macro is

The middle container is sealed with a single combination lock. There are six numbers.

<<textinput $container3code container3open>>

and in the passage "container3open" the code is

<<if $container3code is "021209" or "120209">>You opened container 3!
<<else>>
That doesn't seem to be the right code.

Try again?
<<textinput $container3code container3open>><<endif>>
containers

If I enter "12345" it simply accepts it and prints "You opened container 3!"

Am I approaching this wrongly? What is a better way to allow multiple correct answers whilst filtering out incorrect ones?

thebigh

You need <<if $container3code is "12345" or $container3code is "98765">>

spaceranger123

I had a similar problem. I'd keep getting if statements to verify as true for textinput when the textinput was set to " " blank string.

pingguo

spaceranger123 wrote: »

I had a similar problem. I'd keep getting if statements to verify as true for textinput when the textinput was set to " " blank string.

Copy your code here so that people can take a look.

if $container3code is "021209" or "120209"

means exactly as it is. Either $container3code is "021209", or "120209" is a string. "120209" is always a string, no doubt, so you always get TRUE as an answer.