Thanks Davide! I can vouch that that worked.
If anyone reads this and needs to still pursue Prof. Gage's idea to write an answer evaluator, the easiest way to get started is probably to just add a copy of std_cs_str_cmp next to the original in pg/macros/PGstringevalators.pl, rename it, and start tweaking that.
Sincerely,
Chris
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