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Help Understanding Portion of Code - caroline_d_124 - Jan-12-2019 Hi everyone, I'm very new to python and have been given some code to work with for a study I'll be conducting. There's just one section that I'm not quite understanding based on what I know about python so far. I've posted this section below. What I'm not understanding is what's going on in the line below the note "initialize lists for hard coding...". Why would these lists be so long and written in this pattern if they're getting randomly shuffled? The reason I want to understand this is that I want to figure out how to add a third soa time. Thanks in advance for your help. #define stimulus duration times fixscreen_time=.8 cue_time=.15 soa_short=.05 soa_long=.15 #initialise lists for hard coding side, soa and validity proportions #cueside - 0=left; 1=right; soa - 0=early; 1=late; validity - 0=valid; 1=invalid cueside=[0,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,1, 0,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,1, 0,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,1, 0,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,1, 0,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,1, 0,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,1, 0,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,1] soa=[1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0, 1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0, 1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0, 1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0, 1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0, 1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0, 1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0] validity=[0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,1, 0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,1, 0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,1, 0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,1, 0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,1, 0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,1, 0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,1] #shuffle order of the trial factors random.shuffle(cueside) random.shuffle(soa) random.shuffle(validity) RE: Help Understanding Portion of Code - Larz60+ - Jan-12-2019 Quote:Why would these lists be so long and written in this pattern if they're getting randomly shuffled (later in the code)?Good point, can you provide more information about the code, where can it be found on the web, or a complete script? RE: Help Understanding Portion of Code - buran - Jan-12-2019 (Jan-12-2019, 07:52 PM)caroline_d_124 Wrote: Why would these lists be so long and written in this pattern if they're getting randomly shuffled?you should ask whoever wrote the code. there is no apparent reason. If I have yo guess - values are based on some other info, not present here and they thought it easier to just put them as they come. RE: Help Understanding Portion of Code - caroline_d_124 - Jan-15-2019 Here is the full code for more context. from psychopy import visual, gui, core, event, data import random as random from itertools import product import os import csv #set directory path path=os.getcwd() #set number of trials numtrials=3 #make a GUI to collect participant number COVATDlg=gui.Dlg(title="Covert Orienting Task") COVATDlg.addText('Participant Number', color='black') COVATDlg.addField('Participant ID:') COVATDlg.addField('Age:') COVATDlg.addField('Gender:',choices=['male','female','other']) COVATDlg.addField('Handedness:',choices=['left','right','both']) COVATDlg.show() if gui.OK: startInfo=COVATDlg.data print(startInfo) else: print(cancelled) #set window screen_size=(1366,768) win=visual.Window(size=screen_size,color=(-1,-1,-1),units='pix',fullscr=True) #initialise data file - refer to 'startInfo' above for participant number filename = "boredom_{0}.csv".format(startInfo[0]) dataHeader=["Participant","Age","Gender","Handedness","Trial","Cue Side", "SOA","Target Type","RT", "Boredom"] with open(filename, "w+") as dataFile: dataFile.write(",".join(dataHeader) + "\n") #Create function to write data def recordData(pt,age,gender,hand,trialnum,cue,soa,val,rt): dataFile.write(",".join([str(pt),str(age),str(gender),str(hand),str(trialnum),str(cue),str(soa),str(val),str(rt)])+"\n") dataFile.flush() #define stimuli #if using fullscreen the position values need to be changed and line width can be smaller fixstim='+' fixation=visual.TextStim(win,pos=(0,0),height=60,color=(1,1,1),text=fixstim) rightlandmark=visual.Circle(win,units='pix',pos=(250,0),radius=30,edges=50,lineColor='LawnGreen',lineWidth=4) leftlandmark=visual.Circle(win,units='pix',pos=(-250,0),radius=30,edges=50,lineColor='LawnGreen',lineWidth=4) righttarg=visual.Circle(win,units='pix',pos=(250,0),radius=18,edges=50,lineColor='red',fillColor='red',lineWidth=4) lefttarg=visual.Circle(win,units='pix',pos=(-250,0),radius=18,edges=50,lineColor='red',fillColor='red',lineWidth=4) rightcue=visual.Circle(win,units='pix',pos=(250,0),radius=30,edges=50,lineColor='LawnGreen',lineWidth=12) leftcue=visual.Circle(win,units='pix',pos=(-250,0),radius=30,edges=50,lineColor='LawnGreen',lineWidth=12) #define stimulus duration times fixscreen_time=.8 cue_time=.15 soa_short=.05 soa_long=.15 #initialise lists for hard coding side, soa and validity proportions #cueside - 0=left; 1=right; soa - 0=early; 1=late; validity - 0=valid; 1=invalid cueside=[0,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,1, 0,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,1, 0,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,1, 0,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,1, 0,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,1, 0,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,1, 0,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,1] soa=[1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0, 1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0, 1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0, 1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0, 1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0, 1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0, 1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0] validity=[0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,1, 0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,1, 0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,1, 0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,1, 0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,1, 0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,1, 0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,1] #shuffle order of the trial factors random.shuffle(cueside) random.shuffle(soa) random.shuffle(validity) #define functions for components of trials def fixscreen(): fixation.draw() rightlandmark.draw() leftlandmark.draw() win.flip() core.wait(fixscreen_time) def lcue(): fixation.draw() rightlandmark.draw() leftcue.draw() win.flip() core.wait(cue_time) def rcue(): fixation.draw() leftlandmark.draw() rightcue.draw() win.flip() core.wait(cue_time) def ltarg(): fixation.draw() leftlandmark.draw() rightlandmark.draw() lefttarg.draw() win.flip() def rtarg(): fixation.draw() leftlandmark.draw() rightlandmark.draw() righttarg.draw() win.flip() def short_soa(): fixation.draw() leftlandmark.draw() rightlandmark.draw() win.flip() core.wait(soa_short) def long_soa(): fixation.draw() leftlandmark.draw() rightlandmark.draw() win.flip() core.wait(soa_long) #instruction screen instr1=visual.TextStim(win,height=35,color=(1,1,1),pos=(0,300),alignVert='center',alignHoriz='center',wrapWidth=1000,text="You will see a cross at the centre of the screen.") instr2=visual.TextStim(win,height=35,color=(1,1,1),pos=(0,200),alignVert='center',alignHoriz='center',wrapWidth=1000,text="Try to keep looking at the cross.") instr3=visual.TextStim(win,height=35,color=(1,1,1),pos=(0,100),alignVert='center',alignHoriz='center',wrapWidth=1000,text="One of the green circles to the left and right will get brighter.") instr4=visual.TextStim(win,height=35,color=(1,1,1),pos=(0,0),alignVert='center',alignHoriz='center',wrapWidth=1000,text="A red circle will appear inside one of the green circles.") instr5=visual.TextStim(win,height=35,color=(1,1,1),pos=(0,-100),alignVert='center',alignHoriz='center',wrapWidth=1000,text="Press the space bar when you see the red circle.") instr6=visual.TextStim(win,height=35,color=(1,1,1),pos=(0,-200),alignVert='center',alignHoriz='center',wrapWidth=1000,text="Press the space bar to continue.") instr1.draw() instr2.draw() instr3.draw() instr4.draw() instr5.draw() instr6.draw() win.flip() keypress=event.waitKeys(keyList=["space","q"]) if keypress[0][0]=="q": core.quit() #go through examples with the participant eg1=visual.TextStim( win, height=35, color=(1,1,1), pos=(0,-200), alignVert='center', alignHoriz='center', wrapWidth=1000, text="This is what the screen will look like." ) eg1.draw() fixation.draw() leftlandmark.draw() rightlandmark.draw() win.flip() event.waitKeys(keyList=['space']) eg2=visual.TextStim(win,height=35,color=(1,1,1),pos=(0,-200),alignVert='center',alignHoriz='center',wrapWidth=1000,text="This is what a cue and target will look like.") eg2.draw() fixation.draw() leftlandmark.draw() rightcue.draw() righttarg.draw() win.flip() event.waitKeys(keyList=['space']) #first rating scale probe ratingScale = visual.RatingScale( win, str('how bored do you feel right now?'),low=0, high=9, markerStart=4, acceptKeys='space') while ratingScale.noResponse: ratingScale.draw() win.flip() rating=ratingScale.getRating() print(rating) with open(filename, "a", newline = '\n') as dataFile: writer = csv.writer(dataFile) writer.writerow([str(startInfo[0]),str(startInfo[1]),str(startInfo[2]),str(startInfo[3]),str(''),str(''),str(''),str(''),str(''), rating]) #loop for trial sequence for i in range (numtrials): fixscreen() if cueside[i]==0: lcue() else: rcue() if soa[i]==0: short_soa() else: long_soa() if validity[i]==0: ltarg() else: rtarg() RTClock=core.Clock() keypress=event.waitKeys(keyList=["space","q"]) RT=RTClock.getTime() if keypress[0][0]=="q": core.quit() else: with open(filename, "a", newline='\n') as dataFile: writer=csv.writer(dataFile) writer.writerow([str(startInfo[0]),str(startInfo[1]),str(startInfo[2]),str(startInfo[3]),i,cueside[i],soa[i],validity[i],RT]) #second boredom probe ratingScale = visual.RatingScale( win, str('how bored do you feel right now?'),low=0, high=9, markerStart=4, acceptKeys='space') while ratingScale.noResponse: ratingScale.draw() win.flip() rating=ratingScale.getRating() print(rating) with open(filename, "a", newline = '\n') as dataFile: writer = csv.writer(dataFile) writer.writerow([str(startInfo[0]),str(startInfo[1]),str(startInfo[2]),str(startInfo[3]),str(''),str(''),str(''),str(''),str(''), rating]) #note, earlier we used the readData method (using the list in the original COVAT code, and this worked just the same) for j in range (numtrials): fixscreen() if cueside[j]==0: lcue() else: rcue() if soa[j]==0: short_soa() else: long_soa() if validity[j]==0: ltarg() else: rtarg() RTClock=core.Clock() keypress=event.waitKeys(keyList=["space","q"]) RT=RTClock.getTime() if keypress[0][0]=="q": core.quit() else: with open(filename, "a", newline='\n') as dataFile: writer=csv.writer(dataFile) writer.writerow([str(startInfo[0]),str(startInfo[1]),str(startInfo[2]),str(startInfo[3]),j,cueside[j],soa[j],validity[j],RT]) #third boredom probe ratingScale = visual.RatingScale( win, str('how bored do you feel right now?'),low=0, high=9, markerStart=4, acceptKeys='space') while ratingScale.noResponse: ratingScale.draw() win.flip() rating=ratingScale.getRating() print(rating) with open(filename, "a", newline = '\n') as dataFile: writer = csv.writer(dataFile) writer.writerow([str(startInfo[0]),str(startInfo[1]),str(startInfo[2]),str(startInfo[3]),str(''),str(''),str(''),str(''),str(''), rating]) for k in range (numtrials): fixscreen() if cueside[k]==0: lcue() else: rcue() if soa[k]==0: short_soa() else: long_soa() if validity[k]==0: ltarg() else: rtarg() RTClock=core.Clock() keypress=event.waitKeys(keyList=["space","q"]) RT=RTClock.getTime() if keypress[0][0]=="q": core.quit() else: with open(filename, "a", newline='\n') as dataFile: writer=csv.writer(dataFile) writer.writerow([str(startInfo[0]),str(startInfo[1]),str(startInfo[2]),str(startInfo[3]),k,cueside[k],soa[k],validity[k],RT]) #fourth boredom probe ratingScale = visual.RatingScale( win, str('how bored do you feel right now?'),low=0, high=9, markerStart=4, acceptKeys='space') while ratingScale.noResponse: ratingScale.draw() win.flip() rating=ratingScale.getRating() print(rating) with open(filename, "a", newline = '\n') as dataFile: writer = csv.writer(dataFile) writer.writerow([str(startInfo[0]),str(startInfo[1]),str(startInfo[2]),str(startInfo[3]),str(''),str(''),str(''),str(''),str(''), rating]) for l in range (numtrials): fixscreen() if cueside[l]==0: lcue() else: rcue() if soa[l]==0: short_soa() else: long_soa() if validity[l]==0: ltarg() else: rtarg() RTClock=core.Clock() keypress=event.waitKeys(keyList=["space","q"]) RT=RTClock.getTime() if keypress[0][0]=="q": core.quit() else: with open(filename, "a", newline='\n') as dataFile: writer=csv.writer(dataFile) writer.writerow([str(startInfo[0]),str(startInfo[1]),str(startInfo[2]),str(startInfo[3]),l,cueside[l],soa[l],validity[l],RT]) #fifth boredom probe ratingScale = visual.RatingScale( win, str('how bored do you feel right now?'),low=0, high=9, markerStart=4, acceptKeys='space') while ratingScale.noResponse: ratingScale.draw() win.flip() rating=ratingScale.getRating() print(rating) with open(filename, "a", newline = '\n') as dataFile: writer = csv.writer(dataFile) writer.writerow([str(startInfo[0]),str(startInfo[1]),str(startInfo[2]),str(startInfo[3]),str(''),str(''),str(''),str(''),str(''), rating]) for m in range (numtrials): fixscreen() if cueside[m]==0: lcue() else: rcue() if soa[m]==0: short_soa() else: long_soa() if validity[m]==0: ltarg() else: rtarg() RTClock=core.Clock() keypress=event.waitKeys(keyList=["space","q"]) RT=RTClock.getTime() if keypress[0][0]=="q": core.quit() else: with open(filename, "a", newline='\n') as dataFile: writer=csv.writer(dataFile) writer.writerow([str(startInfo[0]),str(startInfo[1]),str(startInfo[2]),str(startInfo[3]),m,cueside[m],soa[m],validity[m],RT]) #sixth and final boredom probe ratingScale = visual.RatingScale( win, str('how bored do you feel right now?'),low=0, high=9, markerStart=4, acceptKeys='space') while ratingScale.noResponse: ratingScale.draw() win.flip() rating=ratingScale.getRating() print(rating) with open(filename, "a", newline = '\n') as dataFile: writer = csv.writer(dataFile) writer.writerow([str(startInfo[0]),str(startInfo[1]),str(startInfo[2]),str(startInfo[3]),str(''),str(''), str(''), str(''),str(''), rating]) #close out data file and end experiment on a key press dataFile.close() thankyou=visual.TextStim(win,pos=(0,0),height=35,color=(1,1,1),text='Thank you for participating.') thankyou.draw() win.flip() event.waitKeys() core.quit() (Jan-12-2019, 07:54 PM)Larz60+ Wrote:Quote:Why would these lists be so long and written in this pattern if they're getting randomly shuffled (later in the code)?Good point, can you provide more information about the code, where can it be found on the web, or a complete script? I just attached it (accidentally) as a reply to my post here. |