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1.1 albertel 8: <h1>LON-CAPA Homework System</h1>
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10: <h2>Tags</h2>
11: <ul>
12: <li>
13: Response tags
14: <p>
15: Arguments for all response tags
16: </p>
17: <ul>
18: <li>
19: <i>ID</i>, if this isn't set it will be set during
20: the publication step. It is used to assign parameters names
21: in a way that can be tracked if an instructor modifies
22: things by hand.
23: </li>
24: <li>
25: <i>name</i> optional, if set, it will be used by the
26: resource assembly tool when one is modifying parameters.
27: </li>
28: </ul>
29: <p>
30: Implemented response tags
31: </p>
32: <ul>
33: <li>
1.2 albertel 34: <b><responseparam></b> if it appears it should be
35: inside of a <*response> tag, defines an externally
36: adjustable parameter for this question. Arguments:
37: <ul>
38: <li>
39: <i>default</i> required, specifies a default value for
40: the parameter
41: </li>
42: <li>
43: <i>name</i> required, specifies an internal name for
44: the parameter
45: </li>
46: <li>
47: <i>type</i> required specifies the type of parameter,
48: one of "tolerance", "int", "float", "string", "date"
49: (configuration of paramters is handled by
50: lonparmset.pm and parameter.html)
51: </li>
52: <li>
53: <i>description</i> a string describing the parameter,
54: this is what is used to talk about a parameter outside
55: of a problem
56: </li>
57: </ul>
58: </li>
59: <li>
1.1 albertel 60: <b><numericalresponse></b> implements a numerical
61: answer, it needs an internal <b><textline></b> for
62: the response to go in. It checks all styles of numerical
63: supported in CAPA. Possible args are:
64: <ul>
1.8 albertel 65: <li><i>answer</i> required, specifies the correct answer, may be either a perl list or scalar</li>
1.1 albertel 66: <li><i>units</i> optional, specifies unit of correct answer, CAPA style</li>
67: </ul>
68: </li>
69: <li>
1.8 albertel 70: <b><stringresponse></b> implements a string answer,
71: it needs an internal <b><textline></b> for the
72: response to go in. It can check the string for either case
73: or order.
74: <ul>
75: <li><i>answer</i> required, specifies the correct answer, may be either a perl list or scalar</li>
76: <li><i>type</i> optional, CAPA style str args, cs/ci/mc
77: <ul>
78: <li>cs - case senesitive, order important</li>
79: <li>ci - case insenesitive, order important</li>
80: <li>mc - case insenesitive, order unimportant</li>
81: </ul>
82: </li>
83: </ul>
84: <li>
1.1 albertel 85: <b><essayresponse></b> implements a ungraded large
86: text response, it need an internal <b><textarea></b>
87: for the response to go in.
88: </li>
89: <li>
90: <b><imageresponse></b> implements a image click
91: style image submission, uses the foil structure tags <a
92: href="#foil">below</a>. Additional tags that should appear
93: in a <foil> are:
94: <ul>
95: <li><b><image></b> required, the contained text
96: specifies a published graphical resource that is the
97: image used, should only appear once per foil</li>
98: <li><b><rectangle></b> required, the contained text
99: specifies a rectangular area that is correct, should
100: look like (1,2)-(3,4), at least 1 required</li>
101: <li><b><text></b> required, the contained text is
102: printed on top of the image.</li>
103: </ul>
104: </li>
105: <li>
106: <b><optionresponse></b> implements a "select from
107: these choices" style question, the choices are specified
108: by the instructor, it uses the foil structure tags <a
109: href="#foil">below</a> with this additional args:
110: <ul>
111: <li>
112: <b><foilgroup></b> is required to have
113: <i>options</i> which should be a perl list of possible
114: options for the student.
115: </li>
116: </ul>
117: </li>
118: <li>
119: <b><radiobuttonresponse></b> implements a true / false
120: style question with 1 correct answer.it uses the foil
121: structure tags <a href="#foil">below</a> but the
122: <i>value</i> of a <foil>can only be "true" or
123: "false" or "unused"
124: </li>
1.10 albertel 125: <li>
126: <b><dataresponse></b> implements a straight data
127: storage entry idea, needs and interveing input tag like
128: <textline> to work correctly.<br>
129: Arguments:
130: <ul>
131: <li>
132: <i>name</i> internal name for the value, it will have
133: the part id and respose id added on to it
134: </li>
135: <li>
136: <i>type</i> type of data stored in this response
137: field, should be one of the types supported by
138: parameter.html
139: </li>
140: <li>
141: <i>display</i> a string that will be used to describe
142: the field when interfacing with humans
143: </li>
144: </ul>
145: <li>
1.1 albertel 146: </ul>
147: <li>
148: <a name="foil">Foil Structure Tags</a>
149: <p>
150: All tags that implement a foil structure have an optional
151: arg of <i>max</i> that controls the maximum number of total
152: foils to show.
153: </p>
154: <ul>
155: <li>
156: <b><foilgroup></b> required, must be the tag that
157: surrounds all foil definitions
158: </li>
159: <li>
160: <b><foil></b> required, all data inside is a possible foil
161: </li>
162: <li>
163: <b><conceptgroup></b> optional, surrounds a
164: collection of <foil>, when a problem is displayed
165: only one of the contained <foil>is selected for
166: display. It receives one required argument
167: <i>concept</i>.
168: </li>
169: </ul>
170: </li>
171: <li>
172: Hint structure
173: <p>
174: All of these tags must appear inside a <b><*response></b> tag.
175: </p>
176: <ul>
177: <li>
178: <b><hintgroup></b> Tag that surrounds all of a hint.
179: </li>
180: <li>
181: <b><hintpart></b> required, Tag to implement
182: conditional hints. It has a required argument
183: <i>on</i>. When a <*hint> tag named the same as the
184: value the </i>on</i> attribute evaluates to be correct the
185: <hintpart> will show. If no other <hintpart>
186: are to show then all hintparts with a <i>on</i> of
187: "default" will show
188: </li>
189: <li>
190: <b><numericalhint></b> has all the arguments that
191: <numericalresponse>, does and the required attribute
192: <i>name</i> which should be set to the value of which
193: <hintpart> will be shown.
194: </li>
195: </ul>
196: </li>
197: <li>
198: Input Tags
199: <p>
200: This group of tags implement a mechanism for getting data
201: for students, they will usually be used by a
202: <*response>.
203: </p>
204: <ul>
205: <li>
206: <b><textarea></b> creates a Large text input box, If
207: data appears between the start and end tags, the data will
208: appear i the textarea if the student has not yet made a
209: submission. Additionally it takes two arguments <i>rows</i>
210: and <i>cols</i> which control the height and width of the
211: area respectively. It defaults to 10 and 80.
212: </li>
213: <li>
214: <b><textline></b> creates a single line of input
215: element, it accepts 1 argument <i>size</i> which controls
216: the width on the textline, it defaults to 20.
217: </li>
218: </ul>
219: </li>
220: <li>
221: Output Tags
222: <p>
223: This group of tags generate useful pieces of output.
224: </p>
225: <ul>
226: <li>
227: <b><displayduedate></b> this will insert the current
228: duedate if one is set into the document. It is generated
229: to be inside a table of 1x1 elements
230: </li>
231: <li>
232: <b><displaytitle></b> this will insert the title of
233: the problem from the metadata of the problem
234: </li>
235: <li>
236: <b><window></b> the text in between is put in a
237: popup javascript window
238: </li>
1.12 ! albertel 239: <li>
! 240: <b><m></b> the inside text is LaTeX, and is
! 241: converted to HTML (or MathML) on the fly, if the argument
! 242: <i>eval</i> is set to "on" the intervening text will have
! 243: a perl var expansion done to it before being converted.
! 244: </li>
1.1 albertel 245: </ul>
246: </li>
247: <li>
248: Scripting
249: <p>
250: These tags allow the document to behave programatically
251: </p>
252: <ul>
253: <li>
254: <b><display></b> the intervening perl script is
255: evaluated in the safe space and the return value of the
256: script replaces the entire tag
257: </li>
258: <li>
259: <b><import></b> causes the parse to read in the file
260: named in the body of the tag and parse it as if the entire
261: text of the file had existed at location of the tag
262: </li>
263: <li>
264: <b><parserlib></b> the enclosed filename contains
265: definitions for new tags
266: </li>
267: <li>
268: <b><script></b> if the argument <i>type</i> is set
269: to "loncapa/perl" the enclosed data is a perl script which
270: is evaluated inside the perl Safe space. The return value
271: of the script is ignored.
272: </li>
273: <li>
274: <b><scriptlib></b> the enclosed filename contains
275: perl code to run in the safe space
276: </li>
277: <li>
278: <b><block></b> has a required argument
279: <i>condition</i> that is evaluated, it the condition is
280: true everything inside the tag is evaluated, if it is false
281: everything inside the block tag is skipped
282: </li>
283: <li>
284: <b><notsolved></b> everything inside the tag is
285: skipped if the problem is "solved"
286: </li>
287: <li>
288: <b><postanswerdate></b> everything inside the tag is
289: skipped if the problem is before the answer date
290: </li>
291: <li>
292: <b><preduedate></b> everything inside the tag is
293: skipped if the problem is after the due date
294: </li>
295: <li>
296: <b><randomlist></b> the enclosed tags are parsed in
297: a stable random order
298: </li>
299: <li>
300: <b><solved></b> everything inside the tag is
301: skipped if the problem is "not solved"
302: </li>
303: <li>
304: <b><while></b> implements a while loop, required
305: argument <i>condition</i> is a perl scriptlet that when
306: evaluated results in a true or false value, on true the
307: entirety of the text between the whiles is parsed. The
308: condition is tested again, etc. If false it goes to the
309: next node in the parse.
310: </li>
311: </ul>
312: </li>
313: <li>
314: Structure Tags
315: <p>
316: These tags give the problem a structure and take care of the
317: recording of data and giving the student messages.
318: </p>
319: <ul>
320: <li>
321: <b><problem></b> must be the first tag in the file,
322: this tag sets up the header of the webpage and generates
323: the submit buttons, it also handles due dates properly
324: </li>
325: <li>
326: <b><part></b> must be below <problem> if it is
327: going to be used. It does many of the same tasks as
328: <problem> but allows multiple separate problems to
329: exist in a single file.
330: </li>
331: <li>
332: <b><startouttext></b><b><endouttext></b> these
333: tags are somewhat special, they must have no internal text
334: and occur in pairs. Their use is to mark up the problem so
335: the web editor knows what sections should be edited in a
336: plain text block on the web.
337: </li>
338: </ul>
339: </li>
340: </ul>
341: <h2><script> Functions</h2>
342: <p>
343: A list of functions that have been written that are available in
1.5 ng 344: the Safe space scripting environment inside a problem.
1.1 albertel 345: </p>
346: <ul>
1.3 ng 347: <li>sin(x), cos(x), tan(x)</li>
348: <li>asin(x), acos(x), atan(x), atan2(y,x)</li>
349: <li>log(x), log10(x)</li>
350: <li>exp(), pow(x,y), sqrt(x)</li>
351: <li>abs(x), sgn(x)</li>
352: <li>erf(x), erfc(x)</li>
353: <li>ceil(x), floor(x)</li>
354: <li>min(...), max(...)</li>
355: <li>factorial(n)</li>
356: <li>N%M</li>
357: <li>sinh(x), cosh(x), tanh(x)</li>
358: <li>asinh(x), acosh(x), atanh(x)</li>
359: <li>roundto(x,n)</li>
360: <li>web("a","b","c") or web(a,b,c)</li>
361: <li>html("a") or html(a)</li>
362: <li>j0(x), j1(x), jn(n,x), jv(y,x)</li>
363: <li>y0(x), y1(x), yn(n,x), yv(y,x)</li>
1.1 albertel 364: <li>random</li>
365: <li>choose</li>
1.3 ng 366: <li>tex("a","b") or tex(a,b)</li>
367: <li>var_in_tex(a)</li>
368: <li>to_string(x), to_string(x,y)</li>
369: <li>class(), section()</li>
370: <li>name(), student_number()</li>
371: <li>open_date(), due_date(), answer_date()</li>
372: <li>sub_string()</li>
373: <li>array_moments(array)</li>
374: <li>format(x,y)</li>
375: <li>map(...)</li>
1.1 albertel 376: <li>caparesponse_check</li>
377: <li>caparesponse_check_list</li>
378: </ul>
1.5 ng 379: <!-- Table inserted by H. K. Ng
380: 06/01/2001
381: 06/12/2001
382: -->
383: <p>
384: Detailed descriptions of each function and comparison with CAPA.
385: </p>
1.4 ng 386:
387: <table border=1>
388: <tr>
389: <td valign="top"><b>CAPA Functions</b</td>
390: <td valign="top"><b>LON-CAPA</b</td>
391: <td valign="top"><b>Descriptions</b</td>
392: <td valign="top"><b>Differences (if any)</b</td>
393: </tr>
394:
395: <tr>
396: <td valign="top">sin(x), cos(x), tan(x)</td>
397: <td valign="top">&sin($x), &cos($x), &tan($x)</td>
398: <td valign="top">Trigonometric functions where x is in radians. $x
399: can be a pure number, i.e., you can call &sin(3.1415)</td>
400: <td valign="top"> </td>
401: </tr>
402:
403: <tr>
404: <td valign="top">asin(x), acos(x), atan(x), atan2(y,x)</td>
405: <td valign="top">&asin($x), &acos($x), &atan($x), &atan2($y,$x)</td>
406: <td valign="top">Inverse trigonometric functions. Return value is
407: in radians. For asin and acos the value of x must be between -1 and 1.
408: The atan2 returns a value between -pi and pi the sign of which is determined
409: by y. $x and $y can be pure numbers</td>
410: <td valign="top"> </td>
411: </tr>
412:
413: <tr>
414: <td valign="top">log(x), log10(x)</td>
415: <td valign="top">&log($x), &log10($x)</td>
416: <td valign="top">Natural and base-10 logarithm. $x can be a pure number</td>
417: <td valign="top"> </td>
418: </tr>
419:
420: <tr>
421: <td valign="top">exp(x), pow(x,y), sqrt(x)</td>
422: <td valign="top">&exp($x), &pow($x,$y), &sqrt($x)</td>
423: <td valign="top">Exponential, power and square root, i.e.,e<sup>x</sup>, x<sup>y</sup> and /x. $x and $y can be pure numbers</td>
424:
425: <td valign="top"> </td>
426: </tr>
427:
428: <tr>
429: <td valign="top">abs(x), sgn(x)</td>
430: <td valign="top">&abs($x), &sgn($x)</td>
431: <td valign="top">Abs takes the absolute value of x while sgn(x) returns
432: 1, 0 or -1 depending on the value of x. For x>0, sgn(x) = 1, for x=0, sgn(x)
433: = 0 and for x<0, sgn(x) = -1. $x can be a pure number</td>
434: <td valign="top"> </td>
435: </tr>
436:
437: <tr>
438: <td valign="top">erf(x), erfc(x)</td>
439: <td valign="top">&erf($x), &erfc($x)</td>
440: <td valign="top">Error function. erf = 2/sqrt(pi) integral (0,x) e<sup>t-sq</sup> and <i> erfx(x)</i> = 1.0 - <i>erf(x)</i>. $x can be a pure number</td>
441: <td valign="top"> </td>
442: </tr>
443:
444: <tr>
445: <td valign="top">ceil(x), floor(x)</td>
446: <td valign="top">&ceil($x), &floor($x)</td>
447: <td valign="top">Ceil function returns an integer rounded up whereas
448: floor function returns and integer rounded down. If x is an integer than
449: it returns the value of the integer. $x can be a pure number</td>
450: <td valign="top"> </td>
451: </tr>
452:
453: <tr>
454: <td valign="top">min(...), max(...)</td>
455: <td valign="top">&min(...), &max(...)</td>
456: <td valign="top">Returns the minimum/ maximum value of a list of
457: arguments if the arguments are numbers. If the arguments are strings then
458: it returns a string sorted according to the ASCII codes</td>
459: <td valign="top"> </td>
460: </tr>
461:
462: <tr>
463: <td valign="top">factorial(n)</td>
464: <td valign="top">&factorial($n)</td>
465: <td valign="top">Argument (n) must be an integer else it will round
466: down. The largest value for n is 170. $n can be a pure number</td>
467: <td valign="top"> </td>
468: </tr>
469:
470: <tr>
471: <td valign="top">N%M</td>
472: <td valign="top">$N%$M</td>
473:
474: <td valign="top">N and M are integers and returns the remainder (in
475: integer) of N/M. $N and $M can be pure numbers</td>
476: <td valign="top"> </td>
477: </tr>
478:
479: <tr>
480: <td valign="top">sinh(x), cosh(x), tanh(x)</td>
481: <td valign="top">&sinh($x), &cosh($x), &tanh($x)</td>
482: <td valign="top">Hyperbolic functions. $x can be a pure number</td>
483: <td valign="top"> </td>
484: </tr>
485:
486: <tr>
487: <td valign="top">asinh(x), acosh(x), atanh(x)</td>
488: <td valign="top">&asinh($x), &acosh($x), &atanh($x)</td>
489: <td valign="top">Inverse hyperbolic functions. $x can be a pure number</td>
490: <td valign="top"> </td>
491: </tr>
492:
493: <tr>
1.9 ng 494: <td valign="top">/DIS($x,"nn")</td>
495: <td valign="top">&format($x,"nn")</td>
496: <td valign="top">Display or format $x as nn where nn is nF or nE and n is an integer.</td>
497: <td valign="top"> The difference is obvious.</td>
498: </tr>
499:
500: <tr>
1.4 ng 501: <td valign="top">roundto(x,n)</td>
502: <td valign="top">&roundto($x,$n)</td>
503: <td valign="top">Rounds a real number to n decimal points. $x and
504: $n can be pure numbers</td>
505: <td valign="top"> </td>
506: </tr>
507:
508: <tr>
509: <td valign="top">web("a","b","c") or web(a,b,c)</td>
510: <td valign="top">&web("a","b","c") or &web($a,$b,$c)</td>
511: <td valign="top">Returns either a, b or c depending on the output
512: medium. a is for plain ASCII, b for tex output and c for html output</td>
513: <td valign="top"> </td>
514: </tr>
515:
516: <tr>
517: <td valign="top">html("a") or html(a)</td>
518: <td valign="top">&html("a") or &html($a)</td>
519: <td valign="top">Output only if the output mode chosen is in html
520: format</td>
521: <td valign="top"> </td>
522: </tr>
523:
524: <tr>
525: <td valign="top">jn(m,x)</td>
526: <td valign="top">&j0($x), &j1($x), &jn($m,$x), &jv($y,$x)</td>
527: <td valign="top">Bessel functions of the first kind with orders 0,
528: 1 and m respectively. For jn(m,x), m must be an integer whereas for jv(y,x),
529: y is real. $x can be a pure number. $m must be an integer and can be a
530: pure integer number. $y can be a pure real number</td>
531: <td valign="top">In CAPA, j0, j1 and jn are contained in one function,
1.5 ng 532: jn(m,x) where m takes the value of 0, 1 or 2. jv(y,x) is new to LON-CAPA.</td>
1.4 ng 533: </tr>
534:
535: <tr>
536: <td valign="top">yn(m,x)</td>
537: <td valign="top">&y0($x), &y1($x), &yn($m,$x), &yv($y,$x)</td>
538: <td valign="top">Bessel functions of the second kind with orders
539: 0, 1 and m respectively. For yn(m,x), m must be an integer whereas for
540: yv(y,x), y is real. $x can be a pure number. $m must be an integer and
541: can be a pure integer number. $y can be a pure real number</td>
542: <td valign="top">In CAPA, y0, y1 and yn are contained in one function,
1.5 ng 543: yn(m,x) where m takes the value of 0, 1 or 2. yv(y,x) is new to LON-CAPA.</td>
1.4 ng 544: </tr>
545:
546: <tr>
547: <td valign="top">random(l,u,d)</td>
548: <td valign="top">&random($l,$u,$d)</td>
549: <td valign="top">Returns a uniformly distributed random number between
550: the lower bound, l and upper bound, u in steps of d. $l, $u and $d can
551: be pure numbers</td>
552: <td valign="top">In CAPA, all the 3 arguments must be of the same
553: type. However, now you can mix the type</td>
554: </tr>
555:
556: <tr>
557: <td valign="top">choose(i,...)</td>
558: <td valign="top">&choose($i,...)</td>
559: <td valign="top">Choose the ith item from the argument list. i must
560: be an integer greater than 0 and the value of i should not exceed the number
561: of items. $i can be a pure integer</td>
562: <td valign="top"> </td>
563: </tr>
564:
565: <tr>
1.11 albertel 566: <td valign="top">/MAP(seed;w,x,y,z;a,b,c,d)</td>
1.7 ng 567: <td valign="top">Option 1 - &map($seed,[\$w,\$x,\$y,\$z],[$a,$b,$c,$d]) or <br>
568: Option 2 - &map($seed,\@mappedArray,[$a,$b,$c,$d]) <br>
569: Option 3 - @mappedArray = &map($seed,[$a,$b,$c,$d]) <br>
570: Option 4 - ($w,$x,$y,$z) = &map($seed,\@a) <br>
571: where $a='A'<br>
572: $b='B'<br>
573: $c='B'<br>
574: $d='B'<br>
575: $w, $x, $y, and $z are variables</td>
1.6 ng 576: <td valign="top">Assigns to the variables $w, $x, $y and $z the values of the
1.7 ng 577: $a, $b, $c and $c (A, B, C and D). The precise value for $w .. depends
578: on the seed. (Option 1 of calling map).
579: In option 2, the values of $a, $b .. are mapped into the array, @mappedArray. The two
580: options illustrate the different grouping. Options 3 and 4 give a consistent
581: way (with other functions) of mapping the items. For each option, the group can
582: be passed as an array, for example, [$a,$b,$c,$d] => \@a.</td>
1.6 ng 583: <td valign="top">In CAPA, the arguments are divided into three groups separated
584: by a semicolon ;. In LON-CAPA, the separation is done by using [] brackets or
585: using an array @a. Note the backslash (\) before the arguments in the
586: second and third groups.</td>
587: </tr>
588:
589:
590: <tr>
591: <td valign="top">rmap(seed;a,b,c,d;w,x,y,z)</td>
1.7 ng 592: <td valign="top">Option 1 - &rmap($seed,[\$w,\$x,\$y,\$z],[$a,$b,$c,$d]) or <br>
593: Option 2 - &rmap($seed,\@rmappedArray,[$a,$b,$c,$d]) <br>
594: Option 3 - @rmapped_array = &rmap($seed,[$a,$b,$c,$d]) <br>
595: Option 4 - ($w,$x,$y,$z) = &rmap($seed,\@a) <br>
596: where $a='A'<br>
597: $b='B'<br>
598: $c='B'<br>
599: $d='B'<br>
600: $w, $x, $y, and $z are variables</td>
1.6 ng 601: <td valign="top">The rmap functions does the reverse action of map if the same seed
602: is used in calling map and rmap. </td>
1.11 albertel 603: <td valign="top">In CAPA, the arguments are divided into
604: three groups separated by a semicolon ;. In LON-CAPA, the
605: separation is done by using [] brackets (with create an
606: unamed vector reference) or using an array @a. Note the
607: backslash (\) before the arguments in the second and
608: third groups (Which cause Perl to send to variable
609: locations rather than the variable values, similar to a C
610: pointer).</td>
1.6 ng 611: </tr>
1.8 albertel 612:
613: <tr>
614: <td valign="top">NOT IMPLEMENTED IN CAPA</td>
615: <td valign="top">$a=&xmlparse($string) </td>
616: <td valign="top">Runs the internal parser over the
617: argument parsing for display. <b>Warning</b> This will
618: result in different strings in different targets. Don't use
619: the results of this function as an answer.</td>
620: <td valign="top">New to LON-CAPA</td>
621: </tr>
1.6 ng 622:
623: <tr>
1.4 ng 624: <td valign="top">tex(a,b), tex("a","b")</td>
625: <td valign="top">&tex($a,$b), &tex("a","b")</td>
626: <td valign="top">Returns a if the output mode is in tex otherwise
627: returns b</td>
628: <td valign="top"> </td>
629: </tr>
630:
631: <tr>
632: <td valign="top">var_in_tex(a)</td>
633: <td valign="top">&var_in_tex($a)</td>
634: <td valign="top">Equivalent to tex("a","")</td>
635: <td valign="top"> </td>
636: </tr>
637:
638: <tr>
639: <td valign="top">to_string(x), to_string(x,y)</td>
640: <td valign="top">&to_string($x), &to_string($x,$y)</td>
641: <td valign="top">If x is an integer, returns a string. If x is real
642: than the output is a string with format given by y. For example, if x =
643: 12.3456, &to_string(x,".3F") = 12.345 and &to_string(x,".3E") =
644: 1.234E+01.</td>
645: <td valign="top"> </td>
646: </tr>
647:
648: <tr>
649: <td valign="top">capa_id(), class(), section(), set(), problem()</td>
650: <td valign="top">&class(), &section()</td>
651: <td valign="top">Returns null string, class descriptive name, section
652: number, set number and null string.</td>
653: <td valign="top">capa_id(), set() and problem() are no longer used.
654: Currently, they return a null value.</td>
655: </tr>
656:
657: <tr>
658: <td valign="top">name(), student_number()</td>
659: <td valign="top">&name(), &student_number()</td>
660: <td valign="top">Return the full name in the following format: lastname,
661: firstname initial. Student_number returns the student 9-alphanumeric string.
662: If undefined, the functions return null.</td>
663: <td valign="top"> </td>
664: </tr>
665:
666: <tr>
667: <td valign="top">open_date(), due_date(), answer_date()</td>
668: <td valign="top">&open_date(), &due_date(), &answer_date()</td>
669: <td valign="top">Problem open date, due date and answer date. The
670: time is also included in 24-hr format.</td>
671: <td valign="top">Output format for time is changed slightly. If pass
672: noon, it displays ..pm else it displays ..am. So 23:59 is displayed as
673: 11:59 pm.</td>
674: </tr>
675:
676: <tr>
677: <td valign="top">get_seed(), set_seed()</td>
678: <td valign="top">Not implemented</td>
679: <td valign="top">Get and set the random seed.</td>
680: <td valign="top"> </td>
681: </tr>
682:
683: <tr>
684: <td valign="top">sub_string(a,b,c)</td>
685: <td valign="top">&sub_string($a,$b,$c) <br>perl substr function.
686: However, note the differences</td>
687: <td valign="top">Retrieve a portion of string a starting from b and
688: length c. For example, $a = "Welcome to LON-CAPA";
689: $result=&sub_string($a,4,4); then $result is "come"</td>
690: <td valign="top">Perl intrinsic function, substr(string,b,c) starts
691: counting from 0 (as opposed to 1). In the example to the left, substr($a,4,4)
692: returns "ome ".</td>
693: </tr>
694:
695: <tr>
696: <td valign="top">array[xx]</td>
697: <td valign="top">@arrayname <br>Array is intrinsic in perl.
698: To access a specific element use $arrayname[$n] where $n
699: is the $n+1 element since the array count starts from 0</td>
700: <td valign="top">"xx" can be a variable or a calculation.</td>
701: <td valign="top">In LON-CAPA, an array is defined by @arrayname.
702: It is not necessary to specify the dimension of the array. </td>
703: </tr>
704:
705: <tr>
706: <td valign="top">array_moments(B,A)</td>
707: <td valign="top">@B=&array_moments(@A)</td>
708: <td valign="top">Evaluates the moments of an array A and place the
709: result in array B[i] where i = 0 to 4. The contents of B are as follows:
710: B[0] = number of elements, B[1] = mean, B[2] = variance, B[3] = skewness
711: and B[4] = kurtosis.</td>
1.5 ng 712: <td valign="top">In CAPA, the moments are passed as an array in the first argument whereas
713: in LON-CAPA, the array containing the moments are set equal to the function.</td>
1.4 ng 714: </tr>
715:
716: <tr>
717: <td valign="top">array_max(Name), array_min(Name)</td>
718: <td valign="top">&min(@Name), &max(@Name)</td>
719: <td valign="top">In LON-CAPA to find the maximum value of an array, use
720: &max(@arrayname) and to find the minimum value of an array, use
721: &min(@arrayname)</td>
722: <td valign="top">Combined with the min and max functions defined
723: earlier.</td>
724: </tr>
725:
726: <tr>
727: <td valign="top">init_array(Name)</td>
728: <td valign="top">undef @name</td>
729: <td valign="top">To destroy the contents of an array, use</td>
730: <td valign="top">Use perl intrinsic undef function.</td>
731: </tr>
1.5 ng 732: <tr>
733: <td valign="top">random_normal (return_array,item_cnt,seed,av,std_dev)</td>
734: <td valign="top">@return_array=&random_normal ($item_cnt,$seed,$av,$std_dev)</td>
735: <td valign="top">Generate $item_cnt deviates of normal distribution of average $av and
736: standard deviation $std_dev. The distribution is generated from seed $seed</td>
737: <td valign="top">In CAPA the results are passed as the first argument whereas in LON-CAPA
738: the results are set equal to the function.</td>
739: </tr>
740: <tr>
741: <td valign="top">random_beta (return_array,item_cnt,seed,aa,bb)</td>
742: <td valign="top">@return_array=&random_beta ($item_cnt,$seed,$aa,$bb) <br>
743: NOTE: Both $aa and $bb MUST be greater than 1.0E-37.</td>
744: <td valign="top">Generate $item_cnt deviates of beta distribution.
745: The density of beta is:
746: X^($aa-1) *(1-X)^($bb-1) /B($aa,$bb) for 0<X<1.</td>
747: <td valign="top">In CAPA the results are passed as the first argument whereas in LON-CAPA
748: the results are set equal to the function.</td>
749: </tr>
750: <tr>
751: <td valign="top">random_gamma (return_array,item_cnt,seed,a,r)</td>
752: <td valign="top">@return_array=&random_gamma ($item_cnt,$seed,$a,$r) <br>
753: NOTE: Both $a and $r MUST be positive.</td>
754: <td valign="top">Generate $item_cnt deviates of gamma distribution.
755: The density of gamma is:
756: ($a**$r)/gamma($r) * X**($r-1) * exp(-$a*X).</td>
757: <td valign="top">In CAPA the results are passed as the first argument whereas in LON-CAPA
758: the results are set equal to the function.</td>
759: </tr>
760: <tr>
761: <td valign="top">random_exponential (return_array,item_cnt,seed,av)</td>
762: <td valign="top">@return_array=&random_exponential ($item_cnt,$seed,$av) <br>
763: NOTE: $av MUST be non-negative.</td>
764: <td valign="top">Generate $item_cnt deviates of exponential distribution. </td>
765: <td valign="top">In CAPA the results are passed as the first argument whereas in LON-CAPA
766: the results are set equal to the function.</td>
767: </tr>
768: <tr>
769: <td valign="top">random_poisson (return_array,item_cnt,seed,mu)</td>
770: <td valign="top">@return_array=&random_poisson ($item_cnt,$seed,$mu) <br>
771: NOTE: $mu MUST be non-negative.</td>
772: <td valign="top">Generate $item_cnt deviates of poisson distribution. </td>
773: <td valign="top">In CAPA the results are passed as the first argument whereas in LON-CAPA
774: the results are set equal to the function.</td>
775: </tr>
776: <tr>
777: <td valign="top">random_chi (return_array,item_cnt,seed,df)</td>
778: <td valign="top">@return_array=&random_chi ($item_cnt,$seed,$df) <br>
779: NOTE: $df MUST be positive.</td>
780: <td valign="top">Generate $item_cnt deviates of chi_square distribution with $df
781: degrees of freedom. </td>
782: <td valign="top">In CAPA the results are passed as the first argument whereas in LON-CAPA
783: the results are set equal to the function.</td>
784: </tr>
785: <tr>
786: <td valign="top">random_noncentral_chi (return_array,item_cnt,seed,df,nonc)</td>
787: <td valign="top">@return_array=&random_noncentral_chi ($item_cnt,$seed,$df,$nonc) <br>
788: NOTE: $df MUST be at least 1 and $nonc MUST be non-negative.</td>
789: <td valign="top">Generate $item_cnt deviates of noncentral_chi_square
790: distribution with $df
791: degrees of freedom and noncentrality parameter $nonc. </td>
792: <td valign="top">In CAPA the results are passed as the first argument whereas in LON-CAPA
793: the results are set equal to the function.</td>
794: </tr>
795: <tr>
796: <td valign="top">NOT IMPLEMENTED IN CAPA</td>
797: <td valign="top">@return_array=&random_f ($item_cnt,$seed,$dfn,$dfd) <br>
798: NOTE: Both $dfn and $dfd MUST be positive.</td>
799: <td valign="top">Generate $item_cnt deviates of F (variance ratio) distribution with
800: degrees of freedom $dfn (numerator) and $dfd (denominator). </td>
801: <td valign="top">New to LON-CAPA</td>
802: </tr>
803: <tr>
804: <td valign="top">NOT IMPLEMENTED IN CAPA</td>
805: <td valign="top">@return_array=&random_noncentral_f ($item_cnt,$seed,$dfn,$dfd,$nonc) <br>
806: NOTE: $dfn must be at least 1, $dfd MUST be positive, and $nonc must
807: be non-negative.</td>
808: <td valign="top">Generate $item_cnt deviates of noncentral F (variance ratio)
809: distribution with degrees of freedom $dfn (numerator) and $dfd (denominator).
810: $nonc is the noncentrality parameter. </td>
811: <td valign="top">New to LON-CAPA</td>
812: </tr>
813: <tr>
1.9 ng 814: <td valign="top">NOT DOCUMENTED IN CAPA</td>
815: <td valign="top">@return_array=&random_multivariate_normal ($item_cnt,$seed,\@mean,\@covar) <br>
816: NOTE: @mean should be of length p array of real numbers. @covar should be a length
817: p array of references to length p arrays of real numbers (i.e. a p by p matrix.</td>
1.5 ng 818: <td valign="top">Generate $item_cnt deviates of multivariate_normal distribution with
819: mean vector @mean and variance-covariance matrix. </td>
1.9 ng 820: <td valign="top">Note the backslash before the @mean and @covar arrays.</td>
1.5 ng 821: </tr>
822: <tr>
823: <td valign="top">NOT IMPLEMENTED IN CAPA</td>
824: <td valign="top">@return_array=&random_multinomial ($item_cnt,$seed,@p) <br>
825: NOTE: $item_cnt is rounded with int() and the result must be non-negative.
826: The number of elements in @p must be at least 2.</td>
827: <td valign="top">Returns single observation from multinomial distribution with
828: $item_cnt events classified into as many categories as the length of @p.
829: The probability of an event being classified into category i is given by
830: ith element of @p. The observation is an array with length equal to @p, so
831: when called in a scalar context it returns the length of @p. The sum of the
832: elements of the obervation is equal to $item_cnt.</td>
833: <td valign="top">New to LON-CAPA</td>
834: </tr>
835: <tr>
836: <td valign="top">NOT IMPLEMENTED IN CAPA</td>
837: <td valign="top">@return_array=&random_permutation ($item_cnt,@array) </td>
838: <td valign="top">Returns @array randomly permuted.</td>
839: <td valign="top">New to LON-CAPA</td>
840: </tr>
841: <tr>
842: <td valign="top">NOT IMPLEMENTED IN CAPA</td>
843: <td valign="top">@return_array=&random_uniform ($item_cnt,$seed,$low,$high) <br>
844: NOTE: $low must be less than or equal to $high.</td>
845: <td valign="top">Generate $item_cnt deviates from a uniform distribution. </td>
846: <td valign="top">New to LON-CAPA</td>
847: </tr>
848: <tr>
849: <td valign="top">NOT IMPLEMENTED IN CAPA</td>
850: <td valign="top">@return_array=&random_uniform_integer ($item_cnt,$seed,$low,$high) <br>
851: NOTE: $low and $high are both passed through int().
852: $low must be less than or equal to $high.</td>
853: <td valign="top">Generate $item_cnt deviates from a uniform distribution in integers. </td>
854: <td valign="top">New to LON-CAPA</td>
855: </tr>
856: <tr>
857: <td valign="top">NOT IMPLEMENTED IN CAPA</td>
858: <td valign="top">@return_array=&random_binomial ($item_cnt,$seed,$nt,$p) <br>
859: NOTE: $nt is rounded using int() and the result must be non-negative.
860: $p must be between 0 and 1 inclusive.</td>
861: <td valign="top">Generate $item_cnt deviates from the binomial distribution with
862: $nt trials and the probabilty of an event in each trial is $p. </td>
863: <td valign="top">New to LON-CAPA</td>
864: </tr>
865: <tr>
866: <td valign="top">NOT IMPLEMENTED IN CAPA</td>
867: <td valign="top">@return_array=&random_negative_binomial ($item_cnt,$seed,$ne,$p) <br>
868: NOTE: $ne is rounded using int() and the result must be positive.
869: $p must be between 0 and 1 exclusive.</td>
870: <td valign="top">Generate an array of $item_cnt outcomes generated from
871: negative binomial distribution with
872: $ne events and the probabilty of an event in each trial is $p. </td>
873: <td valign="top">New to LON-CAPA</td>
1.4 ng 874: </tr>
1.5 ng 875: </table>
876: <!-- insertion ends -->
1.4 ng 877:
1.1 albertel 878: <h2><script> Variables</h2>
879: <ul>
880: <li>
881: $external::target - set to the current target the xml parser
882: is parsing for
883: </li>
884: <li>
885: $external::part - set to the <i>id</i> of the current problem
886: <part>; zero if there are now <part>
887: </li>
888: <li>
889: $external::gradestatus - set to the value of the current
890: resource.partid.solved value
891: </li>
892: <li>
893: $external::datestatus - set to the current status of the clock
894: either CLOSED, CAN_ANSWER, CANNOT_ANSWER, or SHOW_ANSWER
895: </li>
896: <li>
897: $external::randomseed - set to the number that was used to
898: seed the random number generator
899: </li>
900: <li>$pi - set to PI </li>
1.3 ng 901: <li>$rad2deg - converts radians to degrees </li>
902: <li>$deg2rad - converts degrees to radians </li>
1.1 albertel 903: </ul>
904:
905: <hr>
906: <address><a href="mailto:albertel@marvin.lite.msu.edu">Guy Albertelli</a></address>
907: <!-- Created: Thu May 17 15:05:35 EDT 2001 -->
908: <!-- hhmts start -->
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