Rails - Help scoring an online quiz in RoR
I'm trying to grade a quiz application I would like to make.  I have a questions model with and ask(the actual question), 4 choices(a-d), and a correct answer(string). 

In the view I have the 4 question being diplayed then the correct answer choice (This is just a test for functionality) and then I created a text_field to accept the users answer choice and a button to refresh the index action which has the scoring logic, for now..

--Do I need to put the text_field within a form_tag?

    <p>1. <%= h @question.q1  %></p>
    <p>2. <%= h @question.q2  %></p>
    <p>3. <%= h @question.q3  %></p>
    <p>4. <%= h @question.q4  %></p>
    <p>Answer: <%= h @question.correct  %></p>
    <%= text_field_tag :choice, params[:choice] %> 
    <%= button_to "Grade", {:controller => 'site', :action => "index"}  %> 
    <p> <%= @answer %></p>

Heres the index controller action

    def index 
    	  @question = Question.find(1) 
	         if @question.correct == params[:choice]
		         @answer = 'right'
		     else
		            @answer = 'wrong'
             end
    end

Its not really working.  The textfield is supposed to take a letter choice like 'a' or 'c' and compare it with the correct answer in the database.

I would love this to work by radiobuttons, but I'm a newbie to rails so I thought I'd take baby steps.

So if anyone can help me with how to fix this by string, or preferably by radiobuttons, I'd really appreciate it.





Rails - Help scoring an online quiz in RoR
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I'm trying to grade a quiz application I would like to make.  I have a questions model with and ask(the actual question), 4 choices(a-d), and a correct answer(string). 

In the view I have the 4 question being diplayed then the correct answer choice (This is just a test for functionality) and then I created a text_field to accept the users answer choice and a button to refresh the index action which has the scoring logic, for now..

--Do I need to put the text_field within a form_tag?

    <p>1. <%= h @question.q1  %></p>
    <p>2. <%= h @question.q2  %></p>
    <p>3. <%= h @question.q3  %></p>
    <p>4. <%= h @question.q4  %></p>
    <p>Answer: <%= h @question.correct  %></p>
    <%= text_field_tag :choice, params[:choice] %> 
    <%= button_to "Grade", {:controller => 'site', :action => "index"}  %> 
    <p> <%= @answer %></p>

Heres the index controller action

    def index 
    	  @question = Question.find(1) 
	         if @question.correct == params[:choice]
		         @answer = 'right'
		     else
		            @answer = 'wrong'
             end
    end

Its not really working.  The textfield is supposed to take a letter choice like 'a' or 'c' and compare it with the correct answer in the database.

I would love this to work by radiobuttons, but I'm a newbie to rails so I thought I'd take baby steps.

So if anyone can help me with how to fix this by string, or preferably by radiobuttons, I'd really appreciate it.




