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This behavior has been resolved and deployed to the production environment as of 4/23/25.
Description
When a student attempts answering a numeric question with a number that contains a decimal, the comma decimal separator is automatically changes to a point decimal. This causes answers to be marked as incorrect in language packs that use a comma decimal separator.
Expected Behavior
Decimal separator should stay as it is entered in the answer box.
Workaround
No workaround exists at this time.
Steps to Reproduce
Pre-requisites: Have a course with a few enrollments. Make sure the language pack is set to one that use commas as a decimal separator, for example Deutsch.
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Create a Classic quiz with a numeric question.
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Make sure the answer contains a decimal, for example 2,5. (Observe that when creating the quiz, it does accept comma decimal separators in the possible answers field)
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Save and publish the quiz.
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As a student start taking it.
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Attempt answering the numeric question with a decimal number: 2,5.
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Observe that the comma decimal separator is automatically changed to a point decimal separator when clicking outside the answer box.
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Submit the quiz, observe that the answer is marked as incorrect.
Additional Info
QO-1188
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