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Chapter 6 - File Formats Reference
SuperLab Pro’s scripts are saved in plain text tab-delimited files. So are the
results collected when you administer an experiment to subjects. This section
provides a detailed reference to both.
Description of SuperLab Pro’s Scripts
You can edit the entire experiment interactively, but there may be cases where
you need to use a text editor to edit the scripts directly or have them autogenerated by another program.
Here is a sample script fragment and some general notes.
* This is a sample SuperLab Pro script file.
#Timing-Method
1
#Codes
Difficulty
Speed
diff
fast
easy
slow
none
#Responses
yY
nN
.
.
When reading a script, SuperLab Pro does not distinguish between upper and
lower case. Use whichever you like. However, when writing out experiment
files, SuperLab Pro will use English-like mixed upper and lower case. You can
have up to 130 characters per line, but it is suggested you do not exceed 80
characters.
SuperLab Pro keywords begin with a pound sign (#), also known as the number
sign. In the example above, #Codes, #Responses, and #Timing-Method are all
keywords. A keyword may be followed by one or more parameters, not