Reporting Number Variable in 2-Digit Place Value

Hi Helen - Perhaps a Text Entry will work better for what you need here. That would hold the 'place'. Attaching brief example.

Helen,

I had a timer that changed a variable every second. When it changed, I triggered this javascript, which returns formatted total time to a variable named ElapsedTime_T, hours in Hours_T, minutes in Minutes_T, and seconds in Seconds_T.  You display any combination to get the result you want. 

Of course, you can trigger it on any action you want and if TotalSeconds has a value, it will be returned as that many seconds in a time format.

SL needs to change TotalSeconds (numeric variable) and execute this script when it changes. JS starts after line:

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var player = GetPlayer();

var TotalSeconds = player.GetVar("TotalSeconds");

var Seconds = TotalSeconds % 60;
var TotalMinutes = parseInt(TotalSeconds / 60);
var Minutes = TotalMinutes % 60;
var Hours = parseInt((TotalMinutes - Minutes)/60)
if (Seconds < 10 ) {Seconds = "0" + Seconds};
if (Minutes < 10 && Hours >= 1) {Minutes = "0" + Minutes};
if (Minutes < 1 && Hours >= 1) {Minutes = "00:"};
if (Minutes < 1 && Hours <1) {Minutes = ""; Seconds = ":" + Seconds;};
if (Minutes >= 1) {Minutes = Minutes + ":"};
if (Hours < 1) {Hours = ""};
if (Hours >= 1) {Hours = Hours + ":"};
player.SetVar("Seconds_T",Seconds);
player.SetVar("Minutes_T",Minutes);
player.SetVar("Hours_T",Hours);
player.SetVar("ElapsedTime_T", Hours + Minutes + Seconds)

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JS ends above line

Display with any combination of %Hours_T%%Minutes_T%%Seconds_T% OR %ElapsedTime_T% (These are Text variables)
: are added as needed

Hours are displayed as H:
Minutes as MM: if H is over 1, M: if under
Seconds are displayed as :SS if M is under 1, SS if over

Thanks so much for your suggestion. The instructor is afraid students will forgot to include the colon separating hour from minutes so we’d hoped to avoid a text box. But it does seem the simplest solution.

Thanks again, Leslie.

Warmly,
~Helen

I understand Helen and it looks like Walt is offering another solution above as well if that may work better for you.

I also wanted to mention that replying to the forums via e-mail attaches your signature. You are welcome to pop in and edit if needed.

Hi, Walt,

Wow, this goes a bit beyond my technical expertise but I think it will be music to the ears of my colleague. So, I’ll have her break it down for me. ;-)

Thanks so much for taking the time to offer a suggestion.

Warmly,
~Helen

Glad that sounds like something that will assist you Helen :)

I just wanted to mention that replying to the forums via e-mail attaches your signature. You are welcome to pop in and edit if needed.