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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Calculated Fields Form] Question about referencing last button pressed on a page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/)
 *  Thread Starter [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/)
 * (@davepurchaser)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/page/2/#post-8661071)
 * You’re awesome, thanks so much for your time. All works perfectly.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Calculated Fields Form] Question about referencing last button pressed on a page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/)
 *  Thread Starter [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/)
 * (@davepurchaser)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/page/2/#post-8660305)
 * I think that this will work but there’s something wrong with the syntax of one
   of the HTML fields. When I load my form, the ‘next’ button doesn’t display. Also,
   the ‘div’ value appears as text in my field. That usually means there’s something
   off.
 * My hunch it is the <script> ticket.
 * ![Div HTML field showing text ](https://i0.wp.com/s24.postimg.org/qdcrqxtut/cff1.
   gif?ssl=1)
 * ![How my form looks when loaded](https://i0.wp.com/s24.postimg.org/3pxikseat/
   cff2.gif?ssl=1)
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Calculated Fields Form] Question about referencing last button pressed on a page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/)
 *  Thread Starter [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/)
 * (@davepurchaser)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/page/2/#post-8652995)
 * Hi, I think I figured out a better way to do it by splitting up these two calculations
   and using an HTML Output field for each. I am not sure how to format them so 
   they look like a complete sentence but at least the logic works now.
 * Thanks so much for your time and energy. You helped me a lot.
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/).
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Calculated Fields Form] Question about referencing last button pressed on a page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/)
 *  Thread Starter [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/)
 * (@davepurchaser)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/page/2/#post-8652531)
 * I swear I’m not trolling you and I really do appreciate this, and please don’t
   kill me but… when I add fieldname4 to my list of fields to be evaluated, it returns
 * “You selected” fieldname4 “at” fielname4’%”
 * By self-evaluating it correctly calculates, but ends up calculating itself last.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Calculated Fields Form] Question about referencing last button pressed on a page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/)
 *  Thread Starter [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/)
 * (@davepurchaser)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/page/2/#post-8651769)
 * Well that did solve the issue of it freezing my window. However, it does not 
   force fieldname4 to dynamically update the onchange function, even if I turn 
   dynamic calculations back on. I still have to trigger it manually.
 * My best guess is that it has something to do with the fact that fieldname4 (average
   calculation) is a calculated field whereas the onchange function is an HTML Content
   field.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Calculated Fields Form] Question about referencing last button pressed on a page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/)
 *  Thread Starter [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/)
 * (@davepurchaser)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/#post-8650076)
 * Hey, thanks for bearing with me.
 * I get what you’re trying to do. You want to re-evaluate the onchange event on
   calculate, so that it picks up fieldname4. That is on the right track but unfortunately
   it just freezes my window.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Calculated Fields Form] Question about referencing last button pressed on a page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/)
 *  Thread Starter [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/)
 * (@davepurchaser)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/#post-8648394)
 * Certainly. Thanks so much for having a look. It is here
    [http://143.95.252.125/~chadtesting/about/](http://143.95.252.125/~chadtesting/about/)
 * 1.) select school (you can ignore e-mail)
    2.) Pick a faculty 3.) Pick a course
   4.) Put in a grade (you only need one) 5.) Calculate
 * notice output is 0%
 * Now if you hit “Previous” and re-do step 3, then step through it again, it works
   fine.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Calculated Fields Form] Question about referencing last button pressed on a page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/)
 *  Thread Starter [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/)
 * (@davepurchaser)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/#post-8647903)
 * Am I wrong in thinking that the equation only evaluates fieldname 1-4 when there’s
   a change in the dropdowns, and the reason it’s not evaluating fieldname5 is because
   the equation begins by asking for something (evaluate a change in fieldname 1-
   4) that isn’t happening?
 * If I simply reversed the logic..
 * 1.) Grab an average and output it to fieldname5
 * 2.) Evaluate the last field chosen in dropdowns 1-4
 * 3.) Output fieldname1-4 + fieldname 5 on calculate
 * This should work. In fact, it does work. I just don’t know how to change the 
   code to run fieldname5 first.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Calculated Fields Form] Question about referencing last button pressed on a page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/)
 *  Thread Starter [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/)
 * (@davepurchaser)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/#post-8647300)
 * I think it’s a triggering issue though. When I hit “Calculate” it triggers this
   equation
 * prec((function(){
    var values = [fieldname2,fieldname6,fieldname73, fieldname74],
   total = 0, counter = 0;
 * for(var i in values)
    { if(values[i]) counter++; total += values[i]; }
 * return (counter)?total/counter:0;
    })(),1)
 * … and outputs it to fieldname5. But in my HTML output which looks at
 * <script>
    jQuery(document).on( ‘change’, ‘[id*=”fieldname1_”],[id*=”fieldname2_”],[
   id*=”fieldname3_”],[id*=”fieldname4_”],[id*=”fieldname5_”]’, function(){ jQuery(‘#
   result2’).html(‘You selected ‘+jQuery(this).val()+’ at ‘+jQuery(‘[id*=”fieldname5_”]’).
   val()+’%’); return true; }); </script>
 * It seems to be waiting for me to go back to fieldnames 1-4 to pick it again. 
   It won’t evaluate the output of the calculation in real time. It wants me to 
   go back and pick a dropdown before it will evaluate it.
 * For example, if I calculate fieldname5 first, THEN pick between fields 1-4, it
   works fine.
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/).
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Calculated Fields Form] Question about referencing last button pressed on a page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/)
 *  Thread Starter [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/)
 * (@davepurchaser)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/#post-8646827)
 * So here’s how my form works.
 * 1.) I make a dropdown selection between fieldname1-4
 * 2.) On the next page I calculate the average in fieldname5
 * 3.) I output the selection in an HTML content field using the below logic (thanks
   very much for this. It mostly works wonderfully).
 * <script>
    jQuery(document).on( ‘change’, ‘[id*=”fieldname1_”],[id*=”fieldname2_”],[
   id*=”fieldname3_”],[id*=”fieldname4_”],[id*=”fieldname5_”]’, function(){ jQuery(‘#
   result2’).html(‘You selected ‘+jQuery(this).val()+’ at ‘+jQuery(‘[id*=”fieldname5_”]’).
   val()+’%’); }); </script>;
 * If I skip the dropdown (1-4) step in my form and calculate fieldname5 first, 
   then back up and select dropdowns between 1-4, everything works properly. If 
   I select between 1-4 first, then try to calculate fieldname5, fieldname5 comes
   back with 0% in my HTML content field. It’s worth noting that the calculated 
   field calculates fine.
 * Something about the way the code in the HTML content field evaluates the second
   step needs to be fixed because it seems like it’s dependent on fieldnames 1-4
   and really I’m just calling it from a different calculated field.
 * Can you help?
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/).
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    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/).
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/).
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/).
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/).
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Calculated Fields Form] Question about referencing last button pressed on a page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/)
 *  Thread Starter [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/)
 * (@davepurchaser)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/#post-8646773)
 * scratch this – thinking
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/).
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/).
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Calculated Fields Form] Question about referencing last button pressed on a page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/)
 *  Thread Starter [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/)
 * (@davepurchaser)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/#post-8646659)
 * Hi codepeople, this almost works!
 * When I hit ‘calculate’ the first time, it still comes up as 0%. However, if I
   select a different option and calculate again, it outputs correctly.
 * For some reason, the first time I calculate it still sits at 0%.
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/).
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Calculated Fields Form] Question about referencing last button pressed on a page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/)
 *  Thread Starter [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/)
 * (@davepurchaser)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/#post-8645122)
 * Ah so I’ve been trying to figure this out all night. fieldname5 in the above 
   example is a number and it keeps returning a 0.
 * fieldname5 is a calculated field with the below equation. It’s worth noting that
   it outputs the correct value in the calculated field, but when I try to insert
   it into my HTML content field, it always returns a 0.
 * For example:
 * **You selected red with 0%**
 * prec((function(){
    var values = [fieldname2,fieldname6,fieldname73, fieldname74],
   total = 0, counter = 0;
 * for(var i in values)
    { if(values[i]) counter++; total += values[i]; }
 * return (counter)?total/counter:0;
    })(),1)
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/).
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    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/).
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Calculated Fields Form] Question about referencing last button pressed on a page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/)
 *  Thread Starter [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/)
 * (@davepurchaser)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-referencing-last-button-pressed-on-a-page/#post-8644600)
 * Ahhh I’ve almost got it. This is driving me nuts.
 * I’m trying to write the following
 * <script>
    jQuery(document).on( ‘change’, ‘[id*=”fieldname1_”],[id*=”fieldname2_”],[
   id*=”fieldname3_”],[id*=”fieldname4_”]’, function(){ **jQuery(‘#result2’).html(‘
   You selected ‘+jQuery(this).val()+ ‘ at’ +(fieldname5)+ ‘ %’);** }); </script
   >
 * The only thing I added to your script was +fieldname5+ and I can’t seem to find
   the right syntax to make it output. It should be able to grab another field in
   the output right?
 * Please help.
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    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [davepurchaser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davepurchaser/).

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