Typesetting exams with points inside the task

[vmartel08]

Hi there @posedge_clk and welcome to the forum!
Thanks for sharing your code and providing an example that compiles.

Here is a more-MWE like version of your code showing the issue:

#let exercise-counter = counter("exercise")
#let total-points = state("total-points", 0)
#let current-exercise-points = state("current-exercise-points", 0)

#let strings-de = (
  task: "Task",
  points: "Points",
  point: "Point",
)

#let exercise(title, body) = context {
  let strings = strings-de

  set enum(numbering: "a)")

  // Increment exercise counter
  exercise-counter.step()
  let ex-num = exercise-counter.get().first()

  // Reset and calculate points by processing body
  current-exercise-points.update(0)

  // Process body to count points
  let _ = body

  // Get the points that were accumulated
  let ex-points = current-exercise-points.get()

  // Add to total points
  total-points.update(t => t + ex-points)

  let ex-display-num = ex-num + 1
  // Exercise header
  [
    #text(size: 14pt, weight: "bold")[
      #ex-display-num. #strings.task: #title (#ex-points #if ex-points == 1 { strings.point } else { strings.points })
    ]
  ]
  body
}

#let points(n) = {
  let strings = strings-de
  // Add to current exercise points
  current-exercise-points.update(p => p + n)
  [(#n #if n == 1 { strings.point } else { strings.points })]
}

#let point-summary() = context {
  let strings = strings-de
  let total = total-points.final()
  text(weight: "bold")[
    Total *#total #if total == 1 { strings.point } else { strings.points }*
  ]
}

#text(red)[Should show 10 points #sym.arrow ]
#point-summary()

#exercise(
  text(red)[Should show 3 points],
)[+ Should show 3 points? #points(3)]

#exercise(
  text(red)[Should show 7 points],
)[+ Should show 7 points? #points(7)]

Without any doubt, the solution resides in this forum post:

Why is State Final not "final"?

Hi all, I’ve been trying to keep track of an array of objects within my document in a “state” variable. I use the end result of the state at the end of the document to create a table at the beginning of my document. (it’s for document referencing) I’m running into the odd problem that the “final” keyword does not seem to return the final version of the array. In fact, as far as I can tell it returns an array that should have never existed anywhere in the code. Minimum Viable Product code: #c…

and has to do with your usage of context, state and update.

You will have to make a few modifications in your exercise and point-summary functions.

As a side note, you can always inspire yourself from existing exam packages that show the same kind of output.