A Session with Grfix

Here is an editted (names changes, lines selected) log from a session with grfix illustrating what it does and how to respond. User input is in red, comments are in green.

First, we have students who leave out or make mistakes on their ID. Generally you can accept the ID from the roster.
JACKSON ANDREW M gave ID           on exam but has ID 118006933 on roster.
Use ID from roster? :
y
HAMILTON GEORGE gave ID 052005912 on exam but has ID 053005912 on roster.
Use ID from roster? :
y
JEFFERSON THOMAS gave ID 120 07599 on exam but has ID 120007599 on roster.
Use ID from roster? :
y

Students also make mistakes on their name. Note that at present the roster changes all Christopher's to Christophe
name on form: BURROS JAMES A
disagrees with roster: BURROWS, JAMES A.
Accept name on roster? :
y

Students may disagree with the roster on their section. You may not care if the sections are correct, in which case answer a (to accept all sections from roster). The question of keeping students in the sections the registrar thinks they are in is a complex issue.
BURROWS, JAMES A has section 11 on form:
disagrees with roster: 12.
Accept section from roster? y/n/a (a=yes for all) :a

Name problems again.
name on form: JONES CHRISTOPH A
disagrees with roster: JONES, CHRISTOPHE A.
Accept name on roster? :
y
name on form: DOSSANTOS JOHN
disagrees with roster: DOS SANTOS, JOHN
Accept name on roster? :
y
name on form: Y GNIK WILLIAM D
disagrees with roster: YAGNIK, WILLIAM D
Accept name on roster? :
y

This guy didn't fill in his name at all!
name on form:
disagrees with roster: SMITH, JOHN.
Accept name on roster? :
y

Now the first problem with exam codes. This is the most crucial stuff, and you need to have a list of correct codes by student. Some codes are entered wrong and show up as duplicates, some are left out, some like the next are grammatically wrong.
Exam Code "1 8" cannot be interpreted, set to 0 on line number 3131
SMITH, JOHN with ID 125009918 has exam code zero.
Fixed exam code [or -1 to QUIT asking] :
518
name on form: JEE JULIET
disagrees with roster: LEE, JULIET S.
Accept name on roster? :
y
TAYLOR, ZACHARY gave ID 009030433 on exam but has ID 031009433 on roster.
Use ID from roster? :
y
PIERCE, FRANKLIN with ID 115001904 has exam code zero.
Fixed exam code [or -1 to QUIT asking] :
129
POLK, JAMES K with ID 116004492 has exam code zero.
Fixed exam code [or -1 to QUIT asking] :
175
GARFIELD, JAMES with ID 012002745 has exam code zero.
Fixed exam code [or -1 to QUIT asking] :
150
CLEVELAND, GROVER with ID 116006854 has exam code zero.
Fixed exam code [or -1 to QUIT asking] :
495


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