--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Spreadsheet_HowTo_Assessments.tex 2003/08/29 21:08:40 1.1
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Spreadsheet_HowTo_Assessments.tex 2015/12/26 04:35:17 1.4
@@ -8,26 +8,24 @@ general spreadsheet, it is not often des
parts, while not knowing how many parts there are as the spreadsheet
is written.
-The spreadsheet has a preprocessor which an expand a symbolic
+The spreadsheet has a preprocessor which can expand a symbolic
expression over all symbolic names that fit. The general syntax is
\index{EXPANDSUM} \texttt{[\&EXPANDSUM(VARNAME;expression)]}.
For example, for the above assessment with three parts,
-\texttt{\&EXPANDSUM(}\texttt{\textbf{PART}}\texttt{;parameter\_}\texttt{\textbf{PART}}\texttt{\_weight{*}stores\_}\texttt{\textbf{PART}}\texttt{\_awarded)}
-
+\texttt{\&EXPANDSUM(}\texttt{\textbf{PART}}\texttt{;parameter\_}\texttt{\textbf{PART}}\texttt{\_weight{*}stores\_}\texttt{\textbf{PART}}\texttt{\_awarded)}\\
would become
-
\texttt{parameter\_0\_weight{*}stores\_0\_awarded +}~\\
\texttt{parameter\_11\_weight{*}stores\_11\_awarded +}~\\
\texttt{parameter\_12\_weight{*}stores\_12\_awarded +}~\\
\texttt{parameter\_13\_weight{*}stores\_13\_awarded +}~\\
-
where \textbf{bolded text} is used to highlight what the
\texttt{\&EXPANDSUM} function is doing.
-\textbf{What 'tries' means}
+\noindent
+\textbf{What `tries' means}
-In multi-part questions, the exported value for "tries"\index{tries} is now
+In multi-part questions, the exported value for ``tries''\index{tries} is now
the average number of tries to get the parts right.
The full data for each part is still stored by the system.