--- loncom/homework/response.pm	2007/11/06 11:48:48	1.183
+++ loncom/homework/response.pm	2007/11/13 11:06:54	1.184
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # various response type definitons response definition
 #
-# $Id: response.pm,v 1.183 2007/11/06 11:48:48 foxr Exp $
+# $Id: response.pm,v 1.184 2007/11/13 11:06:54 foxr Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -884,7 +884,6 @@ sub getresponse {
     if (!defined($lines)) {
 	$lines = 1;
     }
-
     my %let_to_num=('A'=>0,'B'=>1,'C'=>2,'D'=>3,'E'=>4,'F'=>5,'G'=>6,'H'=>7,
 		    'I'=>8,'J'=>9,'K'=>10,'L'=>11,'M'=>12,'N'=>13,'O'=>14,
 		    'P'=>15,'Q'=>16,'R'=>17,'S'=>18,'T'=>19,'U'=>20,'V'=>21,
@@ -895,10 +894,9 @@ sub getresponse {
 	
 	my $line;
 	for ($line = 0; $line < $lines; $line++) {
-	    $response = $env{'scantron.'.
-				 ($Apache::lonxml::counter+$offset-1+$line).
-				 '.answer'};
-	    if ((defined($response)) && ($response ne " ")) {
+	    my $theline = $Apache::lonxml::counter+$offset-1+$line;
+	    $response = $env{"scantron.$theline.answer"};
+	    if ((defined($response)) && ($response ne "") && ($response ne " ")) {
 		last;
 	    }