MDL-79863 qtype_ordering: qtype/ordering fix detection of Longest ordered/contiguous subset where two or more such subsets exist

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Gordon Bateson
2024-04-04 10:59:26 +08:00
committed by Mathew May
parent 79122279eb
commit 2e473e6273
2 changed files with 22 additions and 11 deletions
+20 -9
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@@ -700,8 +700,11 @@ class qtype_ordering_question extends question_graded_automatically {
* @param integer $imax the length of the $positions array
* @param integer $imin (optional, default = 0) the index in $position at which to start checking values
* @param integer $previous (optional, default = -1) the minimum allowed value. Any values less than this will be skipped.
* @param integer $initial (optional, default = -1) the value of the initial item in this subset. Values less than this will be skipped.
*
* @return array of ordered subsets from within the positions array
*/
public function get_ordered_subsets($positions, $contiguous, $imax, $imin=0, $previous=-1) {
public function get_ordered_subsets($positions, $contiguous, $imax, $imin=0, $previous=-1, $initial=-1) {
// Var $subsets is the collection of all subsets within $positions.
$subsets = array();
@@ -714,25 +717,33 @@ class qtype_ordering_question extends question_graded_automatically {
switch (true) {
case ($previous < 0 || $current == ($previous + 1)):
// First item, or next item in a contiguous sequence
// there is no need to search for $tailsets.
case ($current < $initial):
// Current item is less than the initial item, so ignore it.
$tailsets = array();
$prependsubset = false;
$appendtosubset = false;
break;
case ($previous < 0):
case ($current == ($previous + 1)):
// First item, or next item in a contiguous sequence.
// There is no need to search for $tailsets.
$tailsets = array();
$prependsubset = false;
$appendtosubset = true;
break;
case ($current < $previous || ($contiguous && $current > ($previous + 1))):
case ($current < $previous):
case ($contiguous && $current > ($previous + 1)):
// Here $current breaks the sequence, so look for subsets that start here.
$tailsets = $this->get_ordered_subsets($positions, $contiguous, $imax, $i);
$tailsets = $this->get_ordered_subsets($positions, $contiguous, $imax, $i, -1, $current);
$prependsubset = false;
$appendtosubset = false;
break;
case ($current > $previous):
// A non-contiguous sequence,
// so search for subsets in the tail.
$tailsets = $this->get_ordered_subsets($positions, $contiguous, $imax, $i + 1, $previous);
// A non-contiguous sequence, so search for subsets in the tail.
$tailsets = $this->get_ordered_subsets($positions, $contiguous, $imax, $i + 1, $previous, $current);
$prependsubset = true;
$appendtosubset = true;
break;
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@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ $plugin->cron = 0;
$plugin->component = 'qtype_ordering';
$plugin->maturity = MATURITY_STABLE;
$plugin->requires = 2010112400; // Moodle 2.0
$plugin->version = 2018112674;
$plugin->release = '2018-11-26 (74)';
$plugin->version = 2018112975;
$plugin->release = '2018-11-29 (75)';