--- loncom/homework/hint.pm	2001/04/05 00:08:40	1.10
+++ loncom/homework/hint.pm	2001/04/10 22:06:59	1.11
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ sub start_hintgroup {
     my $hinttries=&Apache::lonnet::EXT("resource.$id.hinttries");
     if ( $hinttries eq '') { $hinttries = 1; }
     &Apache::lonxml::debug("found :$id:$numtries:$hinttries:");
-    if ( $numtries <= $hinttries ) {
-      $skiptoend='1'; 
+    if ( $numtries < $hinttries ) {
+      $skiptoend='1';
     } else {
       if ($target eq 'web') {$result='<table bgcolor="#dddddd"><tr><td>';}
     }
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ sub end_hintgroup {
     my $hinttries=&Apache::lonnet::EXT("resource.$id.hinttries");
     if ( $hinttries eq '') { $hinttries = 1; }
     &Apache::lonxml::debug("found :$id:$numtries:$hinttries:");
-    if ( $numtries <= $hinttries ) {
+    if ( $numtries => $hinttries ) {
       if ($target eq 'web') {$result='</td></tr></table>';}
     }	
   }
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ sub end_hintgroup {
 
 sub start_numericalhint {
   #do everything in end, so intervening <responseparams> work
+  return '';
 }
 
 sub end_numericalhint {
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ sub start_hintpart {
 }
 
 sub end_hintpart {
+  return '';
 }
 
 1;