WeBWorK Problems

Return string from Sage

Return string from Sage

by F. Heiderich -
Number of replies: 2
I would like to return a string from Sage to WeBWorK using the AskSage function, but have problems doing so.

The following trivial example works:

DOCUMENT(); 
loadMacros(
 "PGstandard.pl", # Standard macros for PG language
);
TEXT(beginproblem());
$SageCode=<<END;
print("\"hello\"")
END
$sageReply = AskSage($SageCode,{accepted_tos=>true,seed=>$problemSeed});
BEGIN_TEXT
Sage reply: $sageReply
END_TEXT
ENDDOCUMENT();

But the following fails:

DOCUMENT();

loadMacros(
 "PGstandard.pl", # Standard macros for PG language
);
TEXT(beginproblem());

$SageCode=<<END;
print("\"hello world\"")
END
$sageReply = AskSage($SageCode,{accepted_tos=>true,seed=>$problemSeed});
BEGIN_TEXT
Sage reply: $sageReply
END_TEXT
ENDDOCUMENT();

The space between "hello" and "world" seems to case the trouble. Can someone explain how to properly return strings from Sage to WeBWorK?


                        

    
    
    
                            
    
    
                                

                                        
                                

    
                            
                    

                

            

        

    
        

                

                    

                        
                
                        

                            

                                        

                                                
                                        

                                

                                        In reply to F. Heiderich
                                        
Re: Return string from Sage

                                        

                                            by John Travis - 
                                        

                                

                            

                
                            

                                        

                                        

                
                                

                                    

                                        Just to be certain, there is also the macro "sage.pl" which allows you to do an entire sage cell and allows for sending back a list of items if desired. Details at




http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/Sage_in_WeBWorK





Good luck with this.




                                    

                
                
                
                                        
                
                
                                            

                                                    
                                            

                
                                        
                                

                            

                        

                    

                
        

                

                    

                        
                
                        

                            

                                        

                                                
                                        

                                

                                        In reply to John Travis
                                        
Re: Return string from Sage

                                        

                                            by F. Heiderich - 
                                        

                                

                            

                
                            

                                        

                                        

                
                                

                                    

                                        No, I did not want to use a sage cell in the problem. I meant to use AskSage. If I remember correctly, I solved the problem using single quotation marks instead of double quotation marks in the argument for print in the sage code.