Hi John,
It might help if you said which QUESTION is asked to which you are expecting this answer.
A simple way to reduce acceptable answers would be to give clear instructions to the student, e.g. "do not use any blanks/spaces in your answer" OR "please separate ALL elements of your answer with blanks/spaces".
The REGEXP question type was primarily aimed at analysing answers written in "natural language", not maths or physics formulas, etc. However, it is possible to achieve what you want by entering those 2 formulas which will accept answers with or without blanks.
Formula #1: see below
will accept 128 possible answers, such as:
M = (N % 3 ) * 4
M = (N % 3 ) *4
M = (N % 3 )* 4
M = (N % 3 )*4
M = (N % 3) * 4
M = (N % 3) *4
M = (N % 3)* 4
M = (N % 3)*4
M = (N %3 ) * 4
M = (N %3 ) *4
M = (N %3 )* 4
M = (N %3 )*4
M = (N %3) * 4
M = (N %3) *4
M = (N %3)* 4
M = (N %3)*4
M = (N% 3 ) * 4
M = (N% 3 ) *4
M = (N% 3 )* 4
M = (N% 3 )*4
M = (N% 3) * 4
M = (N% 3) *4
M = (N% 3)* 4
M = (N% 3)*4
M = (N%3 ) * 4
etc.
Further to Marcus Green's suggestion, this formula will accept an inversion:
Formula #2: see below
will also accept 128 possible answers including:
M = 4 * (N % 3 )
M = 4 * (N % 3)
M = 4 * (N %3 )
M = 4 * (N %3)
M = 4 * (N% 3 )
M = 4 * (N% 3)
M = 4 * (N%3 )
M = 4 * (N%3)
M = 4 *(N % 3 )
M = 4 *(N % 3)
M = 4 *(N %3 )
M = 4 *(N %3)
M = 4 *(N% 3 )
M = 4 *(N% 3)
etc.
EDIT the text editor on this forum modifies my reg expressions so I have attached them as pics.
Hope that helps. Don't thank me, as POTUS would tweet "I am a genius", even if I say so myself.
