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{{Questions}}Pattern-match questions allow the student to give an answer of up to about 20 words, which can then be automatically graded by matching the students response against a number of different patterns expressed in the PMatch syntax. The first matching pattern determines the score and the feedback.
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Pattern-match questions allow the student to give an answer of up to about 20 words, which can then be automatically graded by matching the students response against a number of different patterns expressed in the PMatch syntax. The first matching pattern determines the score and the feedback.


[[File:pmatch.png]]
[[File:pmatch.png]]


This is a question type created and maintained by the Open University.
This is a question type created and maintained by the Open University.
{{Note|This question type assumes that the [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Decimal_separator#Pmatch_and_other_Open_University_question_types_problems.3D decimal separator] is a full stop. It will not work if you try to use a a decimal comma.}}


== More documentation ==
== More documentation ==
* See [[Pattern-match question type detailed documentation]].


More [http://labspace.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=470268&section=5.3.1 documentation is available] on the Open University's [http://www.open.edu/openlearn/ OpenLearn site]. That includes a description of the pmatch syntax. There another page that explains [[:dev:The_OU_PMatch_algorithm|The OU PMatch algorithm]], but that was written before development started, and may not be a 100% accurate description of what was finally implemented.
More [http://www.open.edu/openlearnworks/course/view.php?id=1581 documentation is available] in the [http://www.open.edu/openlearnworks/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=52747 Open University's reference manual]. That includes a description of the pmatch syntax. There is another page that explains [[:dev:The_OU_PMatch_algorithm|The OU PMatch algorithm]], but that was written before development started, and may not be a 100% accurate description of what was finally implemented.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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Pattern-match questions allow the student to give an answer of up to about 20 words, which can then be automatically graded by matching the students response against a number of different patterns expressed in the PMatch syntax. The first matching pattern determines the score and the feedback.

pmatch.png

This is a question type created and maintained by the Open University.

Note: This question type assumes that the decimal separator is a full stop. It will not work if you try to use a a decimal comma.


More documentation

More documentation is available in the Open University's reference manual. That includes a description of the pmatch syntax. There is another page that explains The OU PMatch algorithm, but that was written before development started, and may not be a 100% accurate description of what was finally implemented.

See also