--- loncom/xml/lonplot.pm	2001/12/21 22:45:47	1.17
+++ loncom/xml/lonplot.pm	2001/12/27 15:00:45	1.18
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Dynamic plot
 #
-# $Id: lonplot.pm,v 1.17 2001/12/21 22:45:47 matthew Exp $
+# $Id: lonplot.pm,v 1.18 2001/12/27 15:00:45 matthew Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -366,12 +366,8 @@ sub start_data {
 	}
 	my $datatext = &Apache::lonxml::get_all_text("/data",$$parser[-1]);
 	&Apache::lonxml::warning(
-             ' Length of data string: '.length($datatext));    
+	       ' Length of data string: '.length($datatext));    
 	$datatext =~ s/\s+/ /g;  
-	if ($datatext !~ /^(([+-]?\d*\.?\d*)[, ]?)+$/) {
-	    &Apache::lonxml::warning('Malformed data: '.$datatext);
-	    $datatext = '';
-	}
 	# Need to do some error checking on the @data array - 
 	# make sure it's all numbers and make sure each array 
 	# is of the same length.