--- loncom/LONCAPA.pm	2006/12/09 23:34:42	1.20
+++ loncom/LONCAPA.pm	2007/01/10 20:22:30	1.23
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # Base routines
 #
-# $Id: LONCAPA.pm,v 1.20 2006/12/09 23:34:42 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: LONCAPA.pm,v 1.23 2007/01/10 20:22:30 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ use vars qw($match_domain   $match_not_d
 	    $match_username $match_not_username
 	    $match_courseid $match_not_courseid
 	    $match_name
+            $match_lonid
 	    $match_handle   $match_not_handle);
 
 require Exporter;
@@ -54,11 +55,13 @@ our @EXPORT_OK = qw($match_domain   $mat
 		    $match_username $match_not_username
 		    $match_courseid $match_not_courseid
 		    $match_name
+		    $match_lonid
 		    $match_handle   $match_not_handle);
 our %EXPORT_TAGS = ( 'match' =>[qw($match_domain   $match_not_domain
 				   $match_username $match_not_username
 				   $match_courseid $match_not_courseid
 				   $match_name
+				   $match_lonid
 				   $match_handle   $match_not_handle)],);
 my %perlvar;
 
@@ -110,11 +113,11 @@ sub clean_domain {
     return $domain;
 }
 
-$match_username     = $LONCAPA::username_re     = qr{[\w\-.]+};
+$match_username     = $LONCAPA::username_re     = qr{\w[\w\-.]+};
 $match_not_username = $LONCAPA::not_username_re = qr{[^\w\-.]+};
 sub clean_username {
     my ($username) = @_;
-    $username =~ s/^\d+//;
+    $username =~ s/^\W+//;
     $username =~ s/$match_not_username//g;
     return $username;
 }
@@ -122,14 +125,22 @@ sub clean_username {
 
 $match_courseid     = $LONCAPA::courseid_re     = qr{\d[\w\-.]+};
 $match_not_courseid = $LONCAPA::not_courseid_re = qr{[^\w\-.]+};
+sub clean_courseid {
+    my ($courseid) = @_;
+    $courseid =~ s/^\D+//;
+    $courseid =~ s/$match_not_courseid//g;
+    return $courseid;
+}
 
-$match_name         = $LONCAPA::name = qr{$match_username|$match_courseid};
+$match_name         = $LONCAPA::name_re = qr{$match_username|$match_courseid};
 sub clean_name {
     my ($name) = @_;
     $name =~ s/$match_not_username//g;
     return $name;
 }
 
+$match_lonid     = $LONCAPA::lonid_re     = qr{[\w\-.]+};
+
 sub split_courseid {
     my ($courseid) = @_;
     my  ($domain,$coursenum) =