Moodle plugins directory: Regular expression short answer

Would it be possible to extend the plug-in to multiple (short) answers (input fields) each compared to multiple regular expressions?
I.e.:
Question:
The critical section access control algorithm must meet these three conditions:
1. [ input-field ], 2. [ input-field ], 3. [ input-field ].

Answers (regular expressions):
1. for 50%: (mutual )?exclusion
2, for 25%: progress( in allocation)?
3. for 25%: bounded waiting
(Or each worth 1/3 of points.)

The answer from each input field would be checked to each RE and if a match is found that RE would be removed from checking remaining input fields.

The purpose is to allow multiple answers in any order.

Creating only one input field and requiring all the possibilities (separated by comma) would require complex RE mixing all possible orders and dealing with wrong parts. Multiple input field is much simpler.

Thanks for implementing or pointing me to the solution if it already exists.

Thanks for the permutation feature - I have found it very useful. I've also found that it seems to be limited to five options per set - I cannot get six to work. Perhaps this limitation could be documented?

I've read through all of the documentation several times and I am having a hard time understanding why meta characters are not allowed for accepted answers. I must be missing something, can someone please explain? Thank you.

Does the CLOZE integration of Regex still work with Moodle 3.3 ?

Hi, I can confirm the regex integration to the multianswer (cloze) type is broken for Moodle 3.3, do you have with up-to-date renderer.php and questiontype.php files ? Or when will have them ? Thanks

To be more precise, the existing renderer.php and questiontype.php files still work fine with the standard cloze question types but they block the new type, MULTIRESPONSE that was introduced in 3.2 (at least).

The description of MULTIRESPONSE can be found at https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-3782

will there be a 3.4 Version of this plugin?

Best regards
Sebastian

Hi Sebastian,

No 3.4 version planned, but please do report if not fully compatible with Moodle 3.4.

Hi,

I've been using this plugin for a while now and I'm really grateful to you for creating and maintaining it. It's probably the feature I use most in Moodle.

I'm trying to add regex to cloze type questions but the links to the hacked files are dead - https://docs.moodle.org/24/en/Regular_Expression_Short-Answer_question_type#Inserting_RegExp_sub-questions_in_Cloze_type_questions

Is there anywhere that I can find these files, please? It would be extremely helpful to have this functionality with Cloze. No problem if it's a problem.

Thanks
Alan

Hi Alan,

I'm merely keeping these plugins originally made by Joseph Rézeau up to date. But the feature you are referring to comes from the Moodle 2.4 (obsolete) documentation of the plugin. If you check the current documentation – by clicking the link at the top of the article you mention – you will see that this feature is no longer mentioned.

As of today, the hacked files for using REGEXP questions to regular Moodle CLOZE questions have been restored (for Moodle 3.5). See the documentation at https://docs.moodle.org/35/en/Regular_Expression_Short-Answer_question_type#Inserting_RegExp_sub-questions_in_Cloze_type_questions

Hi guys, I've come across a really interesting anomaly, it isn't REALLY a problem, but the functionality would be a great benefit, if you could get it to work properly in the App as well as in a web browser.

Anyways, this is the "issue", one of my teachers added underscores(_) where her answers were supposed to be in the "Short Answer" question, the effect this had, is to place the Text Box in the place where the underscores were typed, this in itself, is an AWESOME feature as it means that you could put the box where you want it in a sentence to fill in a missing word or something like that, and it works GREAT in chrome, if you click on the box, it allows you to enter the word, and when you click on the finish attempt/Next button, it saves your answer, which means that it will allow you to submit the answer, however, when you do the same in the latest Moodle App(3.5.2), whether it is the android, iOS or Desktop, it does not save the answer and therefore does not submit an answer when you submit your quiz, just a side note, this problem does not exist in the Moodle Classic App, as the answer box still appears at the bottom of the question regardless of whether you add the underscores or not, in fact the Moodle Classic App does not even show the underscores at all.

Like I said, this is an awesome feature, whether it was intended or not, and I would really like to see it added into the question type if possible, otherwise, would it be possible to remove the underscore "issue" completely, so that the underscore is visible, instead of the Text Box.

We are currently running Moodle Web v3.5.2 and the same for Moodle Mobile App.

I updated moodle to 3.7, students can't see the small popup window upon mouse hovering for Cloze using RA or RX. I'm sure that questiontype.php and renderer.php need to be updated.

Thank you for the plugin! I want to ask, why are meta characters allowed in incorrect, but not in accepted answers? Why aren't they allowed in the first answer? Is there some technical reason for that?