This session explains how to use wildcard * (star) to handle a group of students' answers with a single cell.
The Problem
What's wrong with the below conversation we mentioned for the previous session?
Example 1
- Cell 1
- My name is Jack
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<strong/>
what is your name - Nice to meet you!
- Log 1
- Hello! My name is Aco. What's your name?
- My name is Jack.
- Nice to meet you!
It doesn't work if the student is not Jack but Marry, Sherry or Avery!
The Solution (Easy but Not So Reliable One)
We can use wildcard * to represent the name, regardless whether it's Marry, Sherry or Avery. This is how.
Example 2. Cell using wildcard *
- Cell 2
- My name is *
-
<strong/>
what is your name - Nice to meet you!
- Log 2
- Hello! My name is Aco. What's your name?
- My name is Jack.
- Nice to meet you!
- Log 2
- Hello! My name is Aco. What's your name?
- My name is Marry.
- Nice to meet you!
That works for the most time but not perfect always. What if a student says "My name is short"? What if "What if "My name is too long to memorize"? The bad news: The natural language is so flexible and complex that the easy solution is not always reliable. The good news: We have a solution for you, as always! Keep reading and you will learn how to address the issue.
Things to Keep in Mind
- Use * in Input to handle a group of answers with a single cell.
- This is an easy but not so reliable solution.