--- C:/Users/cceanse/AppData/Local/Temp/shortanswer.php-revBASE.svn001.tmp.php	Tue Mar 25 18:30:30 2014
+++ C:/Users/cceanse/Documents/moodleucl-trunk/mod/lesson/pagetypes/shortanswer.php	Fri Aug 15 17:11:06 2014
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ class lesson_page_type_shortanswer extends lesson_
                     $ignorecase = 'i';
                 }
             } else {
+                //-- ucl hack begin
+                //trac #106- Short answer question type in Moodle lesson not responding as expected
+                if($answer->properties->answerformat == 1){
+                    $expectedanswer = strip_tags($expectedanswer);
+                }
+                //-- ucl hack end
                 $expectedanswer = str_replace('*', '#####', $expectedanswer);
                 $expectedanswer = preg_quote($expectedanswer, '/');
                 $expectedanswer = str_replace('#####', '.*', $expectedanswer);