--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/08/28 22:21:24	1.25
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/09/01 21:34:27	1.26
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # plaintext(short)   : plain text explanation of short term
 # fileembstyle(ext)  : embed style in page for file extension
 # filedescription(ext) : descriptor text for file extension
-# allowed(short,url) : returns codes for allowed actions F,R,S,C
+# allowed(short,url) : returns codes for allowed actions F,R,S,X,C
 # definerole(rolename,sys,dom,cou) : define a custom role rolename
 #                      set priviledges in format of lonTabs/roles.tab for
 #                      system, domain and course level, 
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #                      hash
 # repcopy(filename)  : replicate file
 # dirlist(url)       : gets a directory listing
+# condval(index)     : value of condition index based on state 
 #
 # 6/1/99,6/2,6/10,6/11,6/12,6/14,6/26,6/28,6/29,6/30,
 # 7/1,7/2,7/9,7/10,7/12,7/14,7/15,7/19,
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
 # 06/26 Ben Tyszka
 # 06/30,07/15,07/17,07/18,07/20,07/21,07/22,07/25 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # 08/14 Ben Tyszka
-# 08/22,08/28 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 08/22,08/28,08/31,09/01 Gerd Kortemeyer
 
 package Apache::lonnet;
 
@@ -761,6 +762,43 @@ sub dirlist {
    }
 }
 
+# -------------------------------------------------------- Value of a Condition
+
+sub condval {
+    my $condidx=shift;
+    my $result=0;
+    if ($ENV{'request.course'}) {
+       if ($ENV{'acc.cond.'.$ENV{'request.course'}.'.'.$condidx}) {
+          my $operand='|';
+	  my @stack;
+          map {
+              if ($_ eq '(') {
+                 push @stack,($operand,$result)
+              } elsif ($_ eq ')') {
+                  my $before=pop @stack;
+		  if (pop @stack eq '&') {
+		      $result=$result>$before?$before:$result;
+                  } else {
+                      $result=$result>$before?$result:$before;
+                  }
+              } elsif (($_ eq '&') || ($_ eq '|')) {
+                  $operand=$_;
+              } else {
+                  my $new=
+                       substr($ENV{'user.state.'.$ENV{'request.course'}},$_,1);
+                  if ($operand eq '&') {
+                     $result=$result>$new?$new:$result;
+                  } else {
+                     $result=$result>$new?$result:$new;
+                  }                  
+              }
+          } ($ENV{'acc.cond.'.$ENV{'request.course'}.'.'.$condidx}=~
+             /(\d+|\(|\)|\&|\|)/g);
+       }
+    }
+    return $result;
+}
+
 # -------------------------------------------------------- Escape Special Chars
 
 sub escape {