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Now you would normally use the participant number to determine the condition: participant 0 get red, horizontal,  
Now you would normally use the participant number to determine the condition: participant 0 get red, horizontal,  
participant 1 get green horizontal, participant 0 get red, vertical,  
participant 1 get green horizontal, participant 2 get red, vertical,  
participant 2 get green vertical en participant 2 gets red, horizontal again. (in real life the number of conditional can be much larger of course)  
participant 3 get green vertical and participant 4 gets red, horizontal again. (in real life the number of conditions can be much larger of course)  
This nice system is ruined by the fact that we have no consecutive participant numbers. Using the random participant numbersfrom the panel system  
This nice system is ruined by the fact that we have no consecutive participant numbers. Using the random participant numbers from the panel system  
may work if the number of participant is very large and the number of conditions is very small, but otherwise our counterbalancing is ruined.
may work if the number of participants is very large and the number of conditions is very small, but otherwise our counterbalancing is ruined.


Use the participant counter to solve this. Just give the participant counter a nice unique name for our experiment and each time you call it, it will  
Use the participant counter to solve this. Just give the participant counter a nice unique name for your experiment and each time you call it, it will  
give you a new counter value. It has some additional features as well.
give you a new counter value. It has some additional features as well.