slice(0,6) = 0:6

pm nback-legacy-browsers.js

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ async function experimentInit() {
   instructions = new visual.TextStim({
     win: psychoJS.window,
     name: 'instructions',
-    text: '',
+    text: (("This experiment uses an n-back paradigm. \n\nYou will be shown 100 words.\n\nPress the \"S\" key if the word is the same as the word you saw " + nback.toString()) + " words ago, or the \"D\" key if it is different.\n\nPress the space bar instead of \"S\" or \"D\" if you see an animal word.\n\nPress the space bar to continue"),
     font: 'Arial',
     units: 'norm', 
     pos: [0, 0], height: 0.1,  wrapWidth: 1.5, ori: 0,
@@ -355,7 +355,6 @@ function startRoutineBegin(snapshot) {
     frameN = -1;
     continueRoutine = true; // until we're told otherwise
     // update component parameters for each repeat
-    instructions.setText('"This experiment uses an n-back paradigm. /n/nYou will be shown 100 words./n/nPress the /"S/" key if the word is the same as the word you saw "+str($nback)+" words ago, or the /"D/" key if it is different./n/nPress the space bar instead of /"S/" or /"D/" if you see an animal word./n/nPress the space bar to continue"');
     instructions_key.keys = undefined;
     instructions_key.rt = undefined;
     _instructions_key_allKeys = [];
@@ -469,7 +468,7 @@ function target_loopLoopBegin(target_loopLoopScheduler, snapshot) {
       psychoJS: psychoJS,
       nReps: 1, method: TrialHandler.Method.RANDOM,
       extraInfo: expInfo, originPath: undefined,
-      trialList: TrialHandler.importConditions(psychoJS.serverManager, 'WORDS FOR EXPERIMENT.xlsx', slice(0, 6)),
+      trialList: TrialHandler.importConditions(psychoJS.serverManager, 'WORDS FOR EXPERIMENT.xlsx', '0:6'),
       seed: undefined, name: 'target_loop'
     });
     psychoJS.experiment.addLoop(target_loop); // add the loop to the experiment

pm nback.js

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ async function experimentInit() {
   instructions = new visual.TextStim({
     win: psychoJS.window,
     name: 'instructions',
-    text: '',
+    text: (("This experiment uses an n-back paradigm. \n\nYou will be shown 100 words.\n\nPress the \"S\" key if the word is the same as the word you saw " + nback.toString()) + " words ago, or the \"D\" key if it is different.\n\nPress the space bar instead of \"S\" or \"D\" if you see an animal word.\n\nPress the space bar to continue"),
     font: 'Arial',
     units: 'norm', 
     pos: [0, 0], height: 0.1,  wrapWidth: 1.5, ori: 0,
@@ -362,7 +362,6 @@ function startRoutineBegin(snapshot) {
     frameN = -1;
     continueRoutine = true; // until we're told otherwise
     // update component parameters for each repeat
-    instructions.setText('"This experiment uses an n-back paradigm. /n/nYou will be shown 100 words./n/nPress the /"S/" key if the word is the same as the word you saw "+str($nback)+" words ago, or the /"D/" key if it is different./n/nPress the space bar instead of /"S/" or /"D/" if you see an animal word./n/nPress the space bar to continue"');
     instructions_key.keys = undefined;
     instructions_key.rt = undefined;
     _instructions_key_allKeys = [];
@@ -475,7 +474,7 @@ function target_loopLoopBegin(target_loopLoopScheduler, snapshot) {
       psychoJS: psychoJS,
       nReps: 1, method: TrialHandler.Method.RANDOM,
       extraInfo: expInfo, originPath: undefined,
-      trialList: TrialHandler.importConditions(psychoJS.serverManager, 'WORDS FOR EXPERIMENT.xlsx', slice(0, 6)),
+      trialList: TrialHandler.importConditions(psychoJS.serverManager, 'WORDS FOR EXPERIMENT.xlsx', '0:6'),
       seed: undefined, name: 'target_loop'
     });
     psychoJS.experiment.addLoop(target_loop); // add the loop to the experiment