From 359def2b61746eede76fe8d7d7847c9295a5190e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alain Bryden <2285037+alainbryden@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 11:09:35 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Don't stringify answer if already a string

---
 src/NetscriptFunctions/CodingContract.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/NetscriptFunctions/CodingContract.ts b/src/NetscriptFunctions/CodingContract.ts
index 4f1f45221..93cd1b7b2 100644
--- a/src/NetscriptFunctions/CodingContract.ts
+++ b/src/NetscriptFunctions/CodingContract.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export function NetscriptCodingContract(): InternalAPI<ICodingContract> {
           throw new Error("The answer provided was not a number, string, or array");
 
         // Convert answer to string.
-        const answerStr = JSON.stringify(answer);
+        const answerStr = typeof answer === 'string' ? answer : JSON.stringify(answer);
         const creward = contract.reward;
         if (creward === null) throw new Error("Somehow solved a contract that didn't have a reward");