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AI prompt templates

Introduction:

Use these prompts with our new AI calculation helper! 

 

Tips and tricks:

  • Be specific! Specify the name and type of your fields if you can, e.g. “…for v1_pat_weight (number) ….” or “…. for pat_gender (radio button) …."
  • Explain what you are trying to do like you are writing to a human!
  • The max input length is set to 200 characters, for safety reasons.
  • Mention in case you expect one or multiple variables to be empty.
  • In Castor, checkboxes are stored as “2;4;5”, for example:
    • 'Pick colors you like' [x] Red=1, [] Blue=2, [x] Green=3, would be '1;3'
    • If you have non-incremental or non-numeric values for you option groups, please help the AI by specifying them: 
      • For example: “Check if NYC is checked in check_cities ([N=NYC, M=Madrid, A=Amsterdam])”
    • The AI will generate example input for you to test with.
    •  

Complete Prompt examples

Example 1: Calculate BMI 

Prompt: "Calculate BMI using v1_weight and v1_height"

JavaScript Code:

//Here is the JavaScript snippet that calculates BMI using v1_weight and v1_height:
// Initialize the variables
var v1_weight = "{v1_weight}";
var v1_height = "{v1_height}";
// Convert the variables to numbers
var weight = parseFloat(v1_weight);
var height = parseFloat(v1_height);
// Check if the variables are numbers
if (isNaN(weight) || isNaN(height)) {
 ("ERROR");
} else {
 // Calculate BMI
 var BMI = weight / Math.pow(height, 2);
 (BMI.toString());
}

This script first initializes the variables v1_weight and v1_height with the template tags. It then converts these variables to numbers. If either of the variables is not a number, it logs "ERROR". Otherwise, it calculates the BMI using the formula weight / height^2 and logs the result.

 

Example 2: Calculate BMI with different units

Prompt: "Calculate BMI based on height (in inches) and weight (in stones)"

JavaScript Code:

// Initialize the variables
var heightInInches = "{height_in_inches}";
var weightInStones = "{weight_in_stones}";
// Convert height from inches to meters
var heightInMeters = heightInInches * 0.0254;
// Convert weight from stones to kilograms
var weightInKilograms = weightInStones * 6.35029;
// Calculate BMI
var bmi = weightInKilograms / (heightInMeters * heightInMeters);
// Output the result
(bmi.toString());

 

Example 3:  Check variable values

Prompt: "if AEENDAT is not null and AEOUT = 3 then return 1, else return 0"

JavaScript Code:

// Initialize the variables
var AEENDAT = "{AEENDAT}";
var AEOUT = "{AEOUT}";
// Check if AEENDAT is not null and AEOUT equals 3
if (AEENDAT !== "null" \u0026\u0026 AEOUT === "3") {
 ("1");
} else {
 ("0");
}


Example 4: Calculate a score from 15 questions.

Prompt: "calculate the score of 14 questions named with the prefix "C15PAL" and then numbers from 1 to 14. The score is calculated as the mean of the responses."

JavaScript Code:


// Initialize the variables with template tags
var C15PAL1 = "{C15PAL1}";
var C15PAL2 = "{C15PAL2}";
var C15PAL3 = "{C15PAL3}";
var C15PAL4 = "{C15PAL4}";
var C15PAL5 = "{C15PAL5}";
var C15PAL6 = "{C15PAL6}";
var C15PAL7 = "{C15PAL7}";
var C15PAL8 = "{C15PAL8}";
var C15PAL9 = "{C15PAL9}";
var C15PAL10 = "{C15PAL10}";
var C15PAL11 = "{C15PAL11}";
var C15PAL12 = "{C15PAL12}";
var C15PAL13 = "{C15PAL13}";
var C15PAL14 = "{C15PAL14}";
// Convert the variables to numbers
C15PAL1 = Number(C15PAL1);
C15PAL2 = Number(C15PAL2);
C15PAL3 = Number(C15PAL3);
C15PAL4 = Number(C15PAL4);
C15PAL5 = Number(C15PAL5);
C15PAL6 = Number(C15PAL6);
C15PAL7 = Number(C15PAL7);
C15PAL8 = Number(C15PAL8);
C15PAL9 = Number(C15PAL9);
C15PAL10 = Number(C15PAL10);
C15PAL11 = Number(C15PAL11);
C15PAL12 = Number(C15PAL12);
C15PAL13 = Number(C15PAL13);
C15PAL14 = Number(C15PAL14);
// Calculate the mean of the responses
var mean = (C15PAL1 + C15PAL2 + C15PAL3 + C15PAL4 + C15PAL5 + C15PAL6 + C15PAL7 + C15PAL8 + C15PAL9 + C15PAL10 + C15PAL11 + C15PAL12 + C15PAL13 + C15PAL14) / 14;
// Output the result
(mean.toString());


Example 5: Date verifications for AEs

Prompt: "check if the AE start date, variable name aestdt, is after the AE end date, variabel name aeedt. IF so, return an error."

JavaScript Code:


// Initialize the variables
var aestdt = "{aestdt}";
var aeedt = "{aeedt}";
// Use moment.js to convert the dates to a valid format
var startDate = moment(aestdt, 'DD-MM-YYYY');
var endDate = moment(aeedt, 'DD-MM-YYYY');
// Check if the start date is after the end date
if (startDate.isAfter(endDate)) {
 ("ERROR");
} else {
 ("TRUE");
}

 

Example 6: Check if a number is in a range

Prompt: "check if a weight field is between 10 and 100"

JavaScript Code:


// Initialize the weight variable
let weight = "{weight}";
// Convert the weight to a number
let weightNumber = Number(weight);
// Check if the weight is between 10 and 100
if (weightNumber >= 10 \u0026\u0026 weightNumber \u003C= 100) {
 ("TRUE");
} else {
 ("FALSE");
}

 

Example 7: See if a certain checkbox is checked

Prompt: "For a checkbox field fav_color with three options: yellow, green, blue, see if green is checked and if anything is checked. If blue is checked, return "BLUE!", if anything is checked return "CHECK"."

JavaScript Code:


// Initialize the variable for the task
var fav_color = "{fav_color}"; //[fav_color=0;1;0]
// Split the string to convert it to an array
var color_array = fav_color.split(";");
// Check if green is checked (second position in the array)
if (color_array[1] === "1") {
    ("TRUE");
} else {
    ("FALSE");
}
// Check if anything is checked
if (color_array.includes("1")) {
    ("CHECK");
}
// Check if blue is checked (third position in the array)
if (color_array[2] === "1") {
    ("BLUE!");
}

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