<html><head><meta name="color-scheme" content="light dark"></head><body><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xsim,tcolorbox,needspace}

% declare a boolean property:
\DeclareExerciseProperty*{short}
% declare a tag like property:
\DeclareExerciseTagging{level}

% declare a template which typesets exercises differently according to given
% properties:
\DeclareExerciseEnvironmentTemplate{exercise}
  {%
    \renewcommand*\theenumi{\theexercise.\arabic{enumi}}%
    \par\addvspace{\baselineskip}
    \Needspace*{2\baselineskip}
    \noindent
    \GetExercisePropertyT{level}{\marginpar{\sffamily Level: #1}}%
    \textbf{\XSIMmixedcase{\GetExerciseName}~\GetExerciseProperty{counter}.} %
    \GetExercisePropertyT{subtitle}{\textit{#1}}%
    \IfExerciseBooleanPropertyF{short}{\par\noindent}%
  }
  {}

% declare a tcolorbox template for the solutions:
\DeclareExerciseEnvironmentTemplate{solution}
  {\tcolorbox[colback=yellow,colframe=red]}
  {\endtcolorbox}

% declare a user command for short answers:
\NewDocumentCommand\answer{m}{%
  \IfSolutionPrintT{%
    \UseExerciseTemplate{begin}{solution}%
      #1%
    \UseExerciseTemplate{end}{solution}%
  }{}%
}

% setup exercises and solutions:
\SetExerciseParameters{exercise}{
  exercise-template = exercise ,
  solution-template = solution
}

% remove this option to hide the answers:
\xsimsetup{solution/print=true}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\begin{exercise}[level=hard,short]
  Just a short exercise
\end{exercise}
\begin{solution}
  The somewhat longer solution to the short exercise. \lipsum[1]
\end{solution}

\begin{exercise}[subtitle=This one has a title,level=easy]
  Answer the following questions.
  \begin{enumerate}
    \item question \answer{answer}
    \item question \answer{answer}
  \end{enumerate}
\end{exercise}

\begin{exercise}
  A long exercise. \lipsum[4]\answer{The answer}
\end{exercise}

\begin{exercise}[level=medium,short]
  Another short exercise.\answer{The answer}
\end{exercise}

\end{document}
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