[LON-CAPA-users] Referencing data from one problem in another

[Mills, Douglas G]

Following up on the question below, I know that you can use &EXT functions inside a Conditional statement in a sequence, for example, to access information from within one of the problems in the sequence via that problem’s mapalias. I’m experimenting to see if that works also between two problems in a course if one of them has a mapalias set up, etc.  It appears that this does not work, unless perhaps I’m not doing it right...  Any tips on the boundaries that an &EXT function can cross vs. those it cannot, or guidance in its use or documentation besides

https://s10.lite.msu.edu/res/msu/albertel/test/ext_examples.problem#0

Thank you!

Doug


On 4/12/12 3:29 PM, "Douglas Mills" <dmills at ad.uiuc.edu> wrote:

Hi All,

I know this can be done between parts in a multipart problem, but is it also possible to reference student input or other PERL variables in one problem from a separate problem?  If so, what is the mechanism for doing so?  Is there an &EXT function that allows that? Thanks!

Doug

Douglas Mills
Director of Instructional Technologies
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois
dmills at illinois.edu
(217) 244-5739




Doug

Douglas Mills
Director of Instructional Technologies
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois
dmills at illinois.edu
(217) 244-5739

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