\label{Authoring_StringResponse}\index{stringresponse}

\textbf{stringresponse} queries for a string without any initial constraint.

Possible attributes are:
\begin{itemize}
  \item \textbf{answer}: the correct answer, either a perl list or scalar
  \item \textbf{type}: specifies how the string is checked (like the CAPA styles).
    Possible values are:
    \begin{description}
      \item[cs]: case sensitive, order important
      \item[ci]: case insensitive, order important
      \item[mc]: case insensitive, order unimportant
      \item[re]: regular expression
    \end{description}
  \item \textbf{answerdisplay}: string to display for answer
  \item \textbf{preprocess}: optional, pre-process Perl subroutine
\end{itemize}