--- loncom/homework/hint.pm	2001/08/17 21:42:19	1.18
+++ loncom/homework/hint.pm	2001/10/05 17:01:05	1.19
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ sub start_hintgroup {
 sub end_hintgroup {
   my ($target,$token,$tagstack,$parstack,$parser,$safeeval,$style)=@_;
   my $result;
-
+  
   if ($target eq 'web') {
     my $id=$Apache::inputtags::part;
     my $numtries=$Apache::lonhomework::history{"resource.$id.tries"};
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ 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 => $hinttries ) {
-      if ($target eq 'web') {$result='</td></tr></table>';}
-    }	
+    if ( $numtries >= $hinttries ) {
+      $result='</td></tr></table>';
+    }
   }
-  @Apache::hint::which='';
+  @Apache::hint::which=();
   return $result;
 }