Input types that you can assign to a field within fields. The following subsections describe the available datatypes and Stored, and use input type to indicate the type of user interface Questions, you can use datatype to indicate how you want the data In most cases, datatype controls both the user interface and theįormat in which the data is stored. These affect what the user sees and how the Within a fields question, there are many possible datatype Gather with fields and the different types of user interfaces you The next section describes the different types of variables you can Will be treated as a field modifier if it is anything else, it will These field modifiers are distinguished from label/variable pairsīased on the key if the key uses one of the names listed below, it Other key/value pairs in the item (if any) allow you to modify how the That will store the user-provided information for that field. Where the value associated with the key is the name of the variable One of these keys ( typically) is the label the user sees, Each list item must consist of one or more key/value pairs. The fields specifier must refer to a YAML list of one or more Yesno causes a question to set a boolean (true/false) Multiple choice questions (one variable only) Yes or no questions yesno and noyes See reserved variable names for a list of variable names that youĬannot use because they conflict with built-in names that Python andĭocassemble use. With objects, such as being able to write defendant.age_in_years()Īnd _in_years() to calculate the ages of people
Then youĪnd if you find yourself using variable names likeĭefendant_spouse_ssn and defendant_spouse_date_of_birth, you Self_employment_income, and retirement_income, you should learnĪbout the DADict (a type of group).
If you find yourself using variable names like employment_income, Variables automobile and automobile, or automobile. If you find yourself using variable names like automobile_one andĪutomobile_two, you should learn about groups and applicant_résumé (only plain alphabet characters can be used).beneficiary#1 (punctuation marks other than _ are not allowed).favorite animal (spaces are not allowed).user's_phone_number (apostrophes are not allowed Python.Referring to the attribute fish1 of the object fried) fried.fish1 (this is valid code, but Python will think you are.Nyan-Cat (this is arithmetic: Nyan minus Cat).8th_plaintiff (you can’t begin a variable name with a number.Such variable names you will may get an error or unexpected results: The following are not valid variable names, and if you try to use USER_PHONE_NUMBER (ok, but why are you yelling?)._f645456DG_greij_43 (but why would you use something so ugly?).nyancat (variables are case-sensitive, so this is not the same as.No spaces are allowedĪnd no punctuation is allowed except for the underscore, _. Sequence of uppercase or lowercase letters, digits, and underscores,Įxcept the first character cannot be a digit. Variable names are Python identifiers, which means they can be any This section explains the many ways that variables can be populated Number), and how you want to ask for the input (e.g., with a label). Need to indicate what type of variable it is (e.g., text, a date, a Response to a question, you need to include in your question a To instruct docassemble to store user input that it receives in Edit Setting variables (and doing other things) with questions
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