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[Knuffi]

Is there a way to get the total points of the exam (\numpoints) at the end of the exam in the right margin like the points of each question (\pointsinrightmargin)? I just want to sum up at the end and do not need a point table.

[Knuffi]

I wrote a mail to the author of the class and Philip Hirschhorn replied in the following way:

Try putting the following into the preamble (i.e., after the \documentclass command and before \begin{document}):

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\makeatletter
\def\dropnumpoints{%
  \leavevmode\unskip\nobreak\hfill
  \rlap{\hskip\rightmargin  % Defined by the list environment
        \hskip\@rightmargin % Defined by exam.cls
        \hskip-\rightpointsmargin
        \llap{(\numpoints)}%
  }% rlap
  \par
}% dropnumpoints
\makeatother

You can then say \dropnumpoints and it will put \numpoints in the right margin, in the same place the points land when you're using \pointsinrightmargin.

If you want it formatted some way other than \numpoints just change the line

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\llap{(\numpoints)}%

to be

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\llap{whatever}%

In case you're curious: That definition of \dropnumpoints is a simple modification of the definition of \droptotalpoints in "exam.cls".

Thanks to Philip Hirschhorn