--- loncom/homework/response.pm	2001/08/05 16:26:28	1.35
+++ loncom/homework/response.pm	2001/08/06 18:33:58	1.36
@@ -35,8 +35,11 @@ sub setrandomnumber {
   &Apache::lonxml::debug("randseed $rndseed");
 #  $rndseed=unpack("%32i",$rndseed);
   $rndseed=$rndseed
-    +(&Apache::lonnet::numval($Apache::inputtags::part) << 10)
+    +(&Apache::lonnet::numval($Apache::inputtags::part) << 10);
+  if (defined($Apache::inputtags::response['-1'])) {
+    $rndseed=$rndseed
       +&Apache::lonnet::numval($Apache::inputtags::response['-1']);
+  }
   srand($rndseed);
   &Apache::lonxml::debug("randseed $rndseed");
   return '';