--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/10/07 10:09:53	1.39
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/10/09 20:26:17	1.40
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 # coursedescription(id) : returns and caches course description for id
 # repcopy(filename)  : replicate file
 # dirlist(url)       : gets a directory listing
+# directcondval(index) : reading condition value of single condition from 
+#                        state string
 # condval(index)     : value of condition index based on state
 # varval(name)       : value of a variable
 # refreshstate()     : refresh the state information string
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@
 # 08/22,08/28,08/31,09/01,09/02,09/04,09/05,09/25,09/28,09/30 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # 10/04 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # 10/04 Guy Albertelli
-# 10/06 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 10/06,10/09 Gerd Kortemeyer
 
 package Apache::lonnet;
 
@@ -940,6 +942,15 @@ sub dirlist {
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------- Value of a Condition
 
+sub directcondval {
+    my $number=shift;
+    if ($ENV{'user.state.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}}) {
+       return substr($ENV{'user.state.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}},$number,1);
+    } else {
+       return 2;
+    }
+}
+
 sub condval {
     my $condidx=shift;
     my $result=0;
@@ -960,8 +971,7 @@ sub condval {
               } elsif (($_ eq '&') || ($_ eq '|')) {
                   $operand=$_;
               } else {
-                  my $new=
-                    substr($ENV{'user.state.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}},$_,1);
+                  my $new=directcondval($_);
                   if ($operand eq '&') {
                      $result=$result>$new?$new:$result;
                   } else {