--- loncom/homework/default_homework.lcpm	2005/04/01 13:58:25	1.99
+++ loncom/homework/default_homework.lcpm	2005/07/13 20:44:29	1.101
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA 
 # used by lonxml::xmlparse() as input variable $safeinit to Apache::run::run()
 #
-# $Id: default_homework.lcpm,v 1.99 2005/04/01 13:58:25 ng Exp $
+# $Id: default_homework.lcpm,v 1.101 2005/07/13 20:44:29 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -89,11 +89,15 @@ sub caparesponse_check {
     } else {
 	$message .="no ws in :$response:\n";
     }
-    if ($type eq 'cs' || $type eq 'ci' || $type eq 'mc') {
+    &LONCAPA_INTERNAL_DEBUG(" type is $type ");
+    if ($type eq 'cs' || $type eq 'ci') {
 	#for string answers make surec all places spaces occur, there is 
         #really only 1 space, in both the answer and the response
 	$answer=~s/ +/ /g;
 	$response=~s/ +/ /g;
+    } elsif ($type eq 'mc') {
+	$answer=~s/[\s,]//g;
+	$response=~s/[\s,]//g;
     }
     if ($type eq 'float' && $unit=~/\$/) {
 	if ($response!~/^\$/)  { return "NO_UNIT: Missing \$ "; }
@@ -886,6 +890,30 @@ sub choose {
     return $_[$num];
 }
 
+#&sum1(1,$x,sub { &sum1($_[0],2*$_[0], sub { fact($_[0])**2 })});
+#sub sum1 {
+#    my ($start,$end,$sub)=@_;
+#    my $sum=0;
+#    for (my $i=$start;$i<=$end;$i++) {
+#        $sum+=&$sub($i);
+#    }
+#    return $sum
+#}
+
+#&sum2('a',1,$x,'&sum2(\'b\',$a,2*$a, \'&factorial($b)**2\')');
+#sub sum2 {
+#    my ($varname,$start,$end,$line)=@_;
+#    my $sum=0;
+#    for (my $i=$start;$i<=$end;$i++) {
+#	my $func=sub {
+#	    eval("\$".$varname."=$i");
+#	    eval($line);
+#	};
+#        $sum+=&$func($i);
+#    }
+#    return $sum
+#}
+
 # expiremental idea
 sub proper_path {
     my ($path)=@_;