[LON-CAPA-users] Formula response won't recognize "pi"

[SIMIN, GRIGORY]

Hi all!

I've found a strange issue in some problems requiring formula response.

I have a simple question to enter the formula for the resonant frequency.

An example of correct answer is (in other variations the formula could be a bit more complex than this one)

1/(2*pi*sqrt(L*C))

The correct solution is checked by sampling L and C values.

When I am entering the answer, I can see that LON-CAPA recognizes it because it displays the formatted formula as I am entering it:

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But when I press submit, I got the response:

“unable to understand formula”



By experimenting with this, I found that the issue happens because of “pi” being a part of the answer.

If pi is replaced with 3.141, everything would work.

But it feels weird asking students to enter 3.141 instead of pi; besides, I don’t even want to give them a hint that pi is a part of the answer.



Why is this happening? Apparently LON-CAPA knows what “pi” means because it displays it correctly.



Thanks!

Grigory




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