--- loncom/interface/statistics/lonstathelpers.pm	2005/04/07 06:56:24	1.46
+++ loncom/interface/statistics/lonstathelpers.pm	2005/04/07 07:34:52	1.47
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 #
-# $Id: lonstathelpers.pm,v 1.46 2005/04/07 06:56:24 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonstathelpers.pm,v 1.47 2005/04/07 07:34:52 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -338,14 +338,8 @@ sub new_accumulator {
 sub get_selected_symbs {
     my ($inputfield) = @_;
     my $field = 'form.'.$inputfield;
-    my @Symbs;
-    if (exists($env{$field})) {
-        if (! ref($env{$field})) {
-            @Symbs = (&Apache::lonnet::unescape($env{$field}));
-        } else {
-            @Symbs = (map {&Apache::lonnet::unescape($_);} @{$env{$field}});
-        }
-    }
+    my @Symbs = &Apache::loncommon::get_env_multiple($field);
+    @Symbs = (map {&Apache::lonnet::unescape($_);} @{$env{$field}});
     return @Symbs;
 }