--- loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2001/09/28 18:20:06	1.131
+++ loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2001/10/01 20:06:45	1.132
@@ -1105,6 +1105,20 @@ sub get_param {
   }
 }
 
+sub get_param_var {
+  my ($param,$parstack,$safeeval,$context) = @_;
+  if ( ! $context ) { $context = -1; }
+  my $args ='';
+  if ( $#$parstack > (-2-$context) ) { $args=$$parstack[$context]; }
+  if ( $args !~ /my \$$param=\"/ ) { return undef; }
+  my $value=&Apache::run::run("{$args;".'return $'.$param.'}',$safeeval); #'
+  if ($value =~ /^[\$\@\%]/) {
+    return &Apache::run::run("return $value",$safeeval,1);
+  } else {
+    return $value;
+  }
+}
+
 sub register_insert {
   my @data = split /\n/, &Apache::lonnet::getfile('/home/httpd/lonTabs/insertlist.tab');
   my $i;