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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a question about accessing submissions using the &submission() function.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am working on a problem interfacing with Geogebra that will have a variable number of submission inputs, depending on the randomization of the problem. The code in the customresponse section is relatively short and straightforward, so
I just used an array to load the values. Someone at last year’s conference suggested this approach, and it works well, creating an array of the appropriate size for the submission:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The code in the primary block of Perl script, however, is more complicated, so I have been using discrete variables with names that make it easier to read, follow, and troubleshoot the code:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have found that I can include the unused variables, which in the above case are all of the variables beginning with $A2, and LON-CAPA just ignores those variables with no apparent ill effects. Is that a reasonable and “safe” way to write
the code, or I am asking for trouble using this approach?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Gene L. Harding, PE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Professor of ECET<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Purdue University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">574-520-4190<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/south-bend/">https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/south-bend/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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