--- loncom/xml/run.pm	2004/03/31 05:24:00	1.46
+++ loncom/xml/run.pm	2004/07/19 16:53:46	1.48
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package Apache::run;
 #
-# $Id: run.pm,v 1.46 2004/03/31 05:24:00 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: run.pm,v 1.48 2004/07/19 16:53:46 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -46,7 +46,26 @@ while (!$_LONCAPA_INTERNAL_oldexpression
                 # only match the above if there is not { [ ( coming up
                 # Why? (I.e. this fails &a(1)[2]
                 (?=[^\[\{\(]|$)/
-         &__LC_INTERNAL_EVALUATE__($1,$2,$3)/sexg;
+		 my ($__LC__a,$__LC__b,$__LC__c)=($1,$2,$3);
+		 my $__LC__prefix;
+		 my $result;
+		 while (1) {
+		     { 
+			 use strict;
+			 no strict "vars";
+			 if (eval(defined(eval($__LC__a.$__LC__b)))) {
+			     $result= $__LC__prefix.eval($__LC__a.$__LC__b.$__LC__c);
+			     last;
+			 }
+		     }
+		     $__LC__prefix.=substr($__LC__a,0,1,"");
+		     if ($__LC__a!~m-^(\$|&|\#)-) { last; }
+		 }
+		 if (!defined($result)) {
+		     $result=$__LC__prefix.$__LC__a.$__LC__b.$__LC__c;
+		 }
+		 $result;
+                  /sexg;
     if (scalar(values(%_LONCAPA_INTERNAL_oldexpressions))>10) {last;}
 }
 ENDEVALUATE