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RE: Specify two questions per page in exams2nops [ Reply ] By: David Merriam on 2025-07-04 03:52	[forum:50093]
Sorry for the delay, but this looks to be exactly what I was looking for! Thank you very much!

RE: Specify two questions per page in exams2nops [ Reply ]
By: Achim Zeileis on 2025-06-06 16:29

[forum:50086]

Interesting application. Yes, you can do that by modifying the {question} environment. There is already a built-in option exams2nops(..., newpage = TRUE) that adds a new page after every exercise. But for doing it after every second exercise you can do the following:

quest <- "
\\renewenvironment{question}{\\item}{
\\ifodd\\value{enumi}
\\vfill
\\else
\\vfill
\\newpage
\\fi
}
"

This is an R string that contains the LaTeX code for re-defining the {question} environment. At the beginning of each question it adds just an "\item" (because this is an {enumerate} listing). But at the end it checks whether the enumi item counter is odd or even. If it is odd, just a vertical fill is added. If it is even, a vertical fill and a new page is added.

This R code can then be included in the header of the exam:

exm <- rep("capitals.Rmd", 10)
exams2nops(exm, header = quest)

Does this look like what you want? You can also tweak the {question} definition further if you want to add or remove elements at the beginning or the end.

Specify two questions per page in exams2nops [ Reply ]
By: David Merriam on 2025-06-06 15:20

[forum:50085]

I think this may be something that would require a higher degree of LaTeX competency than I have, but I'm looking to setup a lab practical for my microbiology lab, where students move between stations during the exam. Is there a way native to R/Exams to force the exam to display a maximum of two questions per page? I can go in and manually do this later if that's the only reasonable solution.

Thanks!