SurveyToGo: SetSelectedAnswerAdditionalText

SetSelectedAnswerAdditionalText(inQuesIdx, inAnswerIdentifier, inAdditionalText): sets Other Specify text for an already-selected answer without resetting other answers—requires the answer to already be selected.

Aug 3, 2026
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SetSelectedAnswerAdditionalText

bool SetSelectedAnswerAdditionalTextIter(int inQuesIdx, String inAnswerIdentifier, string inAdditionalText, int inIter)

Description

Sets additional text for a previously selected answer (an "other specify" answer), without resetting settings of other answers (if were set).
Works only for an "other specify" answer that is already set (selected) in the question.
Relevant for Multiple Selection questions with multiple "other (specify)" answers.

Parameters

The following is a list of parameters the functions receives

Parameter	Type	Description
inQuesIdx	Int32	Question Index
inAnswerIdentifier	string	The Answer Index that is set as Other Specify
inAdditionalText	string	The value to set to the other specify

Return Type

Bool

Examples

Answer index 5 in question index 10 is an "other specify" answer.
SetSelectedAnswerAdditionalText(QRef(10), 5,"My New Text") will set the text "My New Text" as the additional text of answer 5.

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SurveyToGo-SetSelectedAnswerAdditionalText