Re: [OT] ASCII text output

[Roger Mason <rmason@mun.ca>]

Hello Aditya,

Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu> writes:

> On Tue, 16 Feb 2010, Roger Mason wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I need to convert an exam written in ConTeXt to an ascii text file like
>> the following:
>>
>>
>> Before I go to the trouble of creating a parser to read the ConTeXt
>> input and write the desired output I'm wondering if this can be done
>> with ConTeXt itself.
>
> Can you show a small example of the corresponding tex source?

\def\mcquestionnumber{14}


\mcquestionheader A ruby is a gem of corundum coloured by\crlf
{$A$}: Rutile\crlf{$B$}: Calcium (Ca)\crlf{$C$}: Chromium (Cr)\crlf{$D$}: Iron (Fe) and Titanium (Ti)\crlf

\mcquestionfooter

And the desired output is...

NewQuestion,MC,
Title,Ruby coloured by,
QuestionText,A ruby is a gem of corundum coloured by
Points,1,
Difficulty,1,
Image,,
Option,0,Rutile,,
Option,0,Calcium (Ca),,
Option,100,Chromium (Cr),,
Option,0,Iron (Fe) and Titanium (Ti),,
Hint,,,,
Feedback,,,,

Maybe a regexp would do, followed by a bit of hand editing, but if there
is a way of doing this in ConTeXt that would be very convenient.

Thanks,
Roger

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