--- loncom/homework/caparesponse/caparesponse.pm	2007/04/17 23:25:24	1.212
+++ loncom/homework/caparesponse/caparesponse.pm	2007/05/22 00:45:43	1.214
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # caparesponse definition
 #
-# $Id: caparesponse.pm,v 1.212 2007/04/17 23:25:24 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: caparesponse.pm,v 1.214 2007/05/22 00:45:43 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ sub add_in_tag_answer {
     my @answer=&Apache::lonxml::get_param_var('answer',$parstack,$safeeval,
 					      $response_level);
     &Apache::lonxml::debug('answer is'.join(':',@answer));
-    if (@answer && defined($answer[0])) {
+    if (@answer && $answer[0] =~ /\S/) {
 	$answer{$tag_internal_answer_name}= {'type' => 'ordered',
 					     'answers' => [\@answer] };
     }
@@ -794,7 +794,15 @@ sub end_numericalresponse {
 
 sub format_prior_response_numerical {
     my ($mode,$answer) = @_;
-    #FIXME needs to support multianswer modes
+    if (ref($answer)) {
+	my $result = '<table class="LC_prior_numerical"><tr>';
+	foreach my $element (@{ $answer }) {
+	    $result.= '<td><span class="LC_prior_numerical">'.
+		&HTML::Entities::encode($element,'"<>&').'</span></td>';
+	}
+	$result.='</tr></table>';
+	return $result;
+    }
     return '<span class="LC_prior_numerical">'.
 	    &HTML::Entities::encode($answer,'"<>&').'</span>';
 
@@ -819,7 +827,8 @@ sub check_for_answer_errors {
     use Data::Dumper;
     &Apache::lonxml::debug("count dump is ".&Dumper(\%counts));
     my $expected_number_of_inputs = (keys(%counts))[0];
-    if ( $expected_number_of_inputs != scalar(@Apache::inputtags::inputlist)) {
+    if ( $expected_number_of_inputs > 0 
+	 && $expected_number_of_inputs != scalar(@Apache::inputtags::inputlist)) {
 	&Apache::lonxml::error(&mt("Expected [_1] input fields, but there were only [_2] seen.", 
 				   $expected_number_of_inputs,
 				   scalar(@Apache::inputtags::inputlist)));