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Ok heres the idea.
Someone types in a comment, and the program talks back. It needs semi-random replies, but it needs to be smart and high in vovabulary.
It needs to be able to understand what it is the user is telling them, and needs to be fully independent of the programmer while the user is runnng it.
I don't want code, as its a project i set for myself, but, where would i start at, and i am useing console for it.
You might have more fun getting involved in a project at this site...
www.sourceforge.net
Open source community
...thats going to be heck of a lot of code...Good Luck!
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and needs to be fully independent of the programmer while the user is runnng it.
...so no Wizard of Oz tricks, eh? Kinda rules out a lot of possibilities, but whatever :p
Here are some (implausible???) suggestions:
- Place all of the replies you think of in a single file, and place ID's next to them like so:
1 I'm sorry %s, I can't do that...
2 I love you %s...will you come a little closer to the monitor?
3 Wow, that is fascinating %s - did you think of that yourself?
- Place all of the possible input patterns you can think of in a separate file in all lowercase. Match them with the appropriate ID from the above file:
1 will you
2 thanks
3 i think
1 please
Using this method, you can constantly add to the program without recompilation.
- Finally, when the user types a string, convert it to lowercase, compare it to the second file data using strstr(), and if found, look up the appropriate response. If none is found, use a default like:
"I'm sorry, my English is quite bad -can you rephrase that please?"
or get a girlfriend to talk to
It's difficult to tell you where to start, when we don't know how far along you are. I guess we have to assume that you know how to get use input and store it in a string. Basically I would imagine this sort of program would tokenise the string the user enters (Look at strtok). Then try to understand what the user is saying... Is the first part of the input "Who, What, Where, How, Why" etc ie, is the user asking a question.
Some repsonses would be fixed, and I'd guess the best way for the program to appear animate would be for it to ask the questions.
A typical conversation between User & Program might look like the following.
U "Hello",
P "Hi, I'm bob, what's you name?"
U "John"
P "Hello John, how is the weather today?"
U "The weather is pretty cloudy"
P (Splits string up and checks each word against a key word database, database says 'cloudy'="I wish it were fine, I like the sun" And there you have your response
The database can be as big as you like, and the key to the program improving would be a series of questions that help the programs' database grow.
I once saw a program that asked questions to identify animals. It started very simple and input would go like this.
P "How many legs does the animal have?"
U "2"
P "Is it a Person?"
U "No"
P "I give up, what is it?"
U "A bird"
P "What does a Bird have that a Human doesn't?"
U "Wings"
P "Thank you"
P "How many legs does the animal have?"
U "2"
P "Does the animal have Wings?"
U "Yes"
P "Is it a Bird?"
You get the idea, at the time (many years ago) I found this program very impressive, but the code for it would not be too hard.
Hope this helps :)
Yes it helps very much. Going off the ideas here i think i might try having three files:
Questions
Possible Answers
Keywords
I haven't started yet, but i'm sure this thread will continue to grow as i start!
Thnx guys.
Hmm, sounds intriguing! Keep us posted :)
Ok, well, I did one. I hope you don't mind :rolleyes: Anyway, it kind of fun! But I didn't teach him much... :(
I don't mind at all, having ideas to go off is awsome man!
>>keep us posted
no doubt!
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Ok three questions:
1) How would i go about reading in the files?
2) Would there be a better way to check for comparisons then say an if statement?
3) howd u do the cool slow print text!?
You could check out a similar project I did about 4 years back. You can download it at:
http://www.generation5.org/projects/answer.shtml
At the time I was dissapointed with the results of my project (I had high expectations), but when I compare it now to other chat programs such as CAlice - it aint bad.
No source code, but I'm thinking about making everything I've ever done in this field free & available, and placing it all on my website. Will email you the source if you want.
lol I have to make something like that in one of my comp subjects next summester, it's going to be fun! But we don't do it in C++, we use some special AI language thingy.
However, yeah, I've spent some time investigating chatbots before, and I think your best bet is probably to have a file containing all the possible responses, and have keywords linking to them somehow then search the user's entry to find any keywords, if you find any keywords that you know, spit out one of the responses connected to that keyword.
An interesting thing you could try, is to add the user's input to your possible responses file, so that your bot can learn new phrases.
Then, when the user enters a phrase, search your possible replies, and find the reply that matches it best, like most matching words or something, and return that to the user as your response.
There is quite a good chatbot I know of, a web-based one, by a company Zabaware, you can go to their website www.zabaware.com I believe it is, and get your own web based chatbot. you have control over what phrases are in it's 'brain' and what keywords they are connected to, and so on... it's really interesting to look at it and try to figure out how it works.
At a time I was doing a similar project and got through a large portion of it, but the AI was giving me hell, so I stuck in on the back burner. Here is a suggestion that would allow for a "greater" chat bot and more intellignt one.
Consider this... A chatbot that sits in the background of an IRC chat room(one where people actually chat and are not there to pirate software). The chatbot follows the conversations, remembers things about the people that say them and can remember appropriate responses to common questions and possibly formulate responses based on the model others give. The sky is the limit in this very promising and exciting field of programming. I would also advise looking at some NLP programs to give you an idea of what other things you can do with a "simple" chatbot...
I am thinking about starting my project again, this has got me excited again
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howd u do the cool slow print text!?
Code:
void PrintMechanical(char *message, ...)
{
int i, len = strlen(message);
char buff[len + 256];
va_list ptr;
va_start(ptr, message);
vsprintf(buff, message, ptr);
len = strlen(buff);
for(i = 0; i < len; i++){
printf("%c", buff[i]);
Sleep(5 + (i * 10));
}
}
I just opened a file and counted the newlines, and the maximum string length of all lines. Then I declared an array like this:Quote:
How would i go about reading in the files?
char array[count][maxlen];
I used fgets() to read in the array...
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Would there be a better way to check for comparisons then say an if statement?
What I did was to split each string in the "response" file, and used this simple loop:
for(count of response strings){
found = true;
for(count of words in this response string)
if one word is not found in input string:
then set found to false;
if found, return the index of the response string...
}
If you are going to make it have static replies, then add a feature for some sort of learning. Purely static chatbots are VERY boring and they have been around for some time now. Innovation is needed with chatbots. Fixed responses are the thing of the past. What I envision for chatbots is the next step in creating a true AI. You can create a nueral network that links words with common thoughts or even other words that relate, and connect these specific words with broader applications for these words or meanings, then using some means of English parsing your program can gain an understanding of what the user is asking and draw from itself a reply that will satisfy the user.
A program that will also say one thing, or maybe even a couple of things, when you input a certain string is a fruitless programming venture and should be avoided.
That's absurd! So would you say that to develop a Windowed operating stystem "is a thing of the past" and so it would be worthless to write "yet another"? In my opinion, all sincere effort is worthwhile, since it helps improve one's skills. Sure, artificial intelligence is a great idea, but let's face it: computers do not think! There is a beauty in that, you know. The essence of the computer, in fact, is that it will only do what you tell it to do and how you tell it to do it! Be proud of that, dammit :oQuote:
A program that will also say one thing, or maybe even a couple of things, when you input a certain string is a fruitless programming venture and should be avoided.
The experience I have with AI type behaviour, in fact, falls in this category. At work, we do a lot of "simulative AI" such as this, and the results are very satisfying, actually. The thing is, the human mind can be easily made to believe the patterns are random and natural, when in fact, they are viewing a subset of controlled behaviour.
Anyway, thinking is a completely different topic. The main obstruction is memory consumption. Learning takes lot's of it, and it also takes a lot of CPU time to process the decision making. No doubt, though, it is an extremely interesting project. Any takers?
Ok i thought about this alot today, and started an algorithm with ideas on how to go about this. Each step is listed in the order of which it is to occur.
Marvin(its name i'll explain l8er):
1) Robot Introduces itsself.
2) As for users name.
3) Store users name.
4) Say hello useing persons name, and ask the first question.
5) User gives answer.
6) Scan wordlist.h for a match.
7) If match is found goto corresponding id number in reply.h
8) Output the reply.
9) If not found, add word to word.h and set to be recognized in future instances.
10) Ask new question or ask user to ask question.
11) goto 6 - 10.
The difficult part in my eyes is learning. Sure i can store the information, but to have marvin auto - incorporate it....hmm...
Now i don't want a normal bot. Marvin needs to be able to learn in any situation, and i have never done AI before. My deadline is October 30th, is this POSSIBLE.
And where is THE BEST AI devoted site?
> blackwyvern : What I envision for chatbots is the next step in creating a true AI. You can create a nueral network that links words with common thoughts...
That's a great idea! Wish I'd have thought of that one? [Sarcasm]
More seriously, how would you propose we do that? How does one link a neural network with text & obtain meaningful ouput? Would it be any better than other forms of matching, such as keyword/synonym searches? I for one don't think a chatbot, who's only means of input is textual, could ever approach true AI.
I think this discussion would be better served under 'General Discussions' rather than C++ Programming.
maybe a new thread, but i'd like to keep this one on topic :PQuote:
I think this discussion would be better served under 'General Discussions' rather than C++ Programming.
You mean wordlist.txt, right? ;)Quote:
6) Scan wordlist.h for a match.
Also, look at your logic, here:
M: Hello, my name is Marvin, how are you?
Y: Well, fine, I suppose...
/*...marvin doesn't understand and so sends
"Well, fine, I suppose..." to the text file
M: I don't understand. Perhaps later...
Y: Well, fine, I suppose...
Now what happens? How can Marvin generate any response?
That's an excellent point, Davros.Quote:
More seriously, how would you propose we do that? How does one link a neural network with text & obtain meaningful ouput? Would it be any better than other forms of matching, such as keyword/synonym searches?
Here is one way to implement the AI:
-first, you'll need 4-20GB of memory for Marvin to work with.
-start with a dictionary, thesaurus, and grammer (for conjugation of verbs and such) database. Marvin will need these to learn. The dictionary he uses must give hime the type of the word too (verb, noun, adjective, etc...).
-set up something like Blackwyvern's IRC observation idea. Let marvin just sit there for several weeks, just digesting (potentially foul :D) conversation. During this time, Marvin saves every sentence in a database, and meanwhile creates yet another database - a contextual one.
-finally, release Marvin, the amazing chatbot onto the world, where, using what he learned from the IRC chatroom(!), he goes on to learn to converse with anyone, and in any situation. C3PO comes to mind :p
Why? He only needs to know a certain amount, i guess i won't give him the learn ability yet....Quote:
Here is one way to implement the AI:
-first, you'll need 4-20GB of memory for Marvin to work with.
YET?! Boy, you wont be writing a program that can teach itself to communicate with the user on a friendly level for a long time! :) heheQuote:
Originally posted by Ride -or- Die
i guess i won't give him the learn ability yet....
im working on something like this, its run from an XML script, and itll generate responses that are random that have to do with that convo
http://users.cloud9.net/~khalid/liquidbot
See my prob, BMJ, is i set such high goals for myself when i get into something that i end up with a product i can't begin to achieve yet, and then get discouraged cause i feel i underachieved. I guess i'll just have the keyword detection with a defualt do not understand reply, but i hope too have marvin quite intelligent by June, so he can be part of my CS final.
I want a game and a bot as my CS final, the bigger a finish i mka ethe btter it'll look on my record.
A need a little clarification on what this guy meant. We were talking bout ways to link the keywords to replies. I just need an idea how to actually incorporate it.
x: Look, what you want is an enum. You don't want to hard-code numbers for tokens.
LiquidCyanide17: ok, i've never worked with tokens
x: May I see your code?
LiquidCyanide17: i thought i'd just link nums to nums, if theres a tutorila i'll learn it, thats no prob
LiquidCyanide17: not that far, jus finished the algo
LiquidCyanide17: tutorial*
x: Look, an enum just assigns a constant to each name in the list...what the constant actually is is usually unimportant
LiquidCyanide17: ok i'm with ya so far
LiquidCyanide17: lol
x:
enum Whatever
{
dookie, dingleberry, crap
};
This sets "dookie" to 0, "dingleberry" to 1, and "crap" to 2.
LiquidCyanide17: o ok i get ya
LiquidCyanide17: that makes sense
x: you can assign these numbers to an int, or to a variable of type Whatever, but if you use the latter you can use ONLY the constants defined for it
x: But don't use 0, 1, or 2, always use the names
FurryKef: It makes the code a lot clearer
Heh, didn't think people would be so sarcastic about such a suggestion =)
But you must admit that in the long run even starting on a project like I explained would be more interesting and rewarding than completing an idiotic bot that can do nothing but string searching. Now, I didn't give ways on how to implement such learning behaviours because frankly I simply do not know, otherwise I would have already created my program instead of quitting in frustation.
Sorry for causing such an upstir on thought.
on topic, PLEASE.
Within the context of how this conversation ended, I was well within topic... How I hate chat nazis... You should just create a NAZI-bot for this place so if a poster isn't within 100% relevance of a certain category, they get chided or banned.... And you don't have to spend any time on the name, I will give you the rights to NAZI-bot.
First off your nazi comment is 100% inappropriate and should be removed.
Secondly the argument taking place isn't on topic, on topic is discussing different ways for me to do what i am attampting, which you have not helped with. If you want a controversial thread, make your own.
Hi,
think the original one was 'ELIZA'. Sure the code is available out there somewhere on google. I once wrote a 'plugin' for it but it was in prolog so not much use,
Good luck with this, sounds intresting
Brif
Just curious, has anyone given HAL more to say than I left him with? Perhaps someone could add to his vocabulary?
I think if the user asks a question that the bot doesn't understand, it should 'counter' with something like, "I'm not sure... What is YOU're favorite class in school?" and then add the user's answer's to the database. It could turn the sentence into proper caps and capitalize the "you" to make it look like it isn't mimicking the user. It is also a very good idea to lowercase everything before you write it to the file. I ran into real problems like this in a few other programs i have written... Good luck! i am interested to see how this turns out!
~Inquirer
P.S. It would apso be cool of it could play cards or blackjack or something (anyone know SmarterChild?) and it would be pretty easy because the suit's are standard chars. (you don't really need suit's either, you could just use your own: ^*`" etc.)
P.P.S. the king of carrots... :DCode:___ ___
|* ||^ |
| 3 || K |
| *|| ^|
--- ---
can u post ur code for ur chat bot thingy?
didnt smarter child die and go way or something, its never online!Quote:
Originally posted by Inquirer
I think if the user asks a question that the bot doesn't understand, it should 'counter' with something like, "I'm not sure... What is YOU're favorite class in school?" and then add the user's answer's to the database. It could turn the sentence into proper caps and capitalize the "you" to make it look like it isn't mimicking the user. It is also a very good idea to lowercase everything before you write it to the file. I ran into real problems like this in a few other programs i have written... Good luck! i am interested to see how this turns out!
~Inquirer
P.S. It would apso be cool of it could play cards or blackjack or something (anyone know SmarterChild?) and it would be pretty easy because the suit's are standard chars. (you don't really need suit's either, you could just use your own: ^*`" etc.)
P.P.S. the king of carrots... :DCode:___ ___
|* ||^ |
| 3 || K |
| *|| ^|
--- ---
:eek:
Hey, did anyone else notice he wasn't printing the default response?
Minor bug :rolleyes:
Here is the fixed version, apologies :D:D
Inq thats a really good idea man! Hmm i think i could do that, and that would allow him to learn to some extent.
I had considerd it, but you didn't give us the cpp files :PQuote:
has anyone given HAL more to say than I left him with? Perhaps someone could add to his vocabulary?
That's not how Hal works. You just add to his response and compare files. Like this:
Let's say that you want Hal to say "Well, I could certainly try to." whenever the user types a sentence with the words "could", "you", and "that". In other words the user could type:
"Could you please explain that better?"
"If you could do that for me, it'd be great."
Hal would respond:
"Well, I could certainly try to."
To add this, first open hal's response.txt file. Choosing an arbitrary number, say 2002, you place this on the next available line. Making sure there is at least a single space separating the number and response, type Hal's response. Now go and open compare.txt and type the same number on the next available line, and then type the keywords. Save and close both files. Hal will now incorporate the data the next time he runs. Note that you can register multiple keyword combinations with a single Hal response. For instance, you may have in the compare file:
2002 that could you
105 seems that
2002 will you my
Hal will now respond to:
"Could you please explain that better?"
"Will you look at my term paper"
"If you could do that for me, it'd be great."
...with the response:
"Well, I could certainly try to."
Also, if you put a %s in Hals reponse, he will place your name there (unfortunately I didn't add support for multiple "%s" 's...).
I understand now, thats the same idea of what i wanna do with Marvin. I found a section of my text book that explains opening, reading, and searching files, which will help greatly.
Whats the best way as to implement inq's idea? Also please review the convo i had with a buddy on page two of this thread on enums, as i wish to use these when doing my bot.
Thnx.
i spent today expanding my script file format stuff, im implementing it into code this weekend hopefully.
next is to decide..open source or not to open source
Sebastiani: that's a really cool idea, except im using wildcards for those, or maybe ill put in special tags in which to put those for each block. i downloaded your HAL bot, its a bit confusing (the script files)
These two are AMAZING:
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/d...374646,00.html
Talk to them for awhile.
Thanks val. I think i get the enums now, soon as i get the open/search/edit file stuff down i am going to start.
Say i want the functions for opening files, editing, etc all in diff files and called into the program in the main cpp, how do i do this?
well make a function, like open file, and just pass the filepath to it. then read in each line, and pass that line to another function that will parse it
is that what you meant?
I guess that would work. I see alot of games and stuff that have more then one .cpp file and was wondering how they do that.
those are for different classes, like each class would have its own .cpp and .h file, and then its all linked together. good for clearer reading; you dont want to have your whole entire program in one source file
Classes....ug i heard of em but i am not so far along that i know any more then they and structs exist...
classes dont havta be in seperate files
Which is better tho, i want this code well documented and easily readable, and i would think a few different cpp's would make this easier then just one.
Well, if you place them into separate .cpp files, you'll have to compile them separately, then link the .obj files when building the program. A good newbie way is to place the functions in separate header files, and just #include them with your program. Cheap and easy :D
so like this?
openfile.h
readfile.h
searchfile.h
So then how do i call the functions when i need them?Code:#include "openfile.h"
#include "readfile.h"
#include "searchfile.h"
In the header, just do:
char * GetBytes( const char filename[], int * num_bytes) {
//...code
}
Then in the main.cpp file:
int main() {
char * bytes;
int amount;
bytes = GetBytes("response.txt", &amount);
bytes[amount-1] = '\0';
//...code...
}
Ok i'm sure that will make sense once i get going haha.
thnx
Okee... Well, from what I know, these are the main purposes of headers:
-For classes:
-put the class declaration (or whatever you call it) in (classname).h
-put the implementation (or whatever you call it) in (classname).cpp
i.e.
Code://this is classname.h
class Classname
{
public:
void changeData(int n);
int getData();
protected:
int data;
};
//this is classname.cpp
#include "classname.h"
void Classname::changeData(int n)
{
data = n;
}
int Classname::getData()
{
return data;
}
Then in main.cpp (or whatever you call it)
Another purpose is to stick related functions/macros together:Code:#include "classname.h"
int main()
{
Classname myObject;
myObject.changeData(5);
cout << "myObject.data = " << myObject.getData();
return 0;
}
The last (I think) reason for using separate headers is, of course, just to confuse people and make the code impossible to understand. As for how the multiple-cpp's work, look at the classes example ;) They're for if you have the function prototype in a header and the definition in a cpp file.Code://this is anglestuff.h
#define PI 3.1415926535897932384626
#define DEGREES_TO_RADIANS(degrees) ((degrees) * (PI / 180))
#define RADIANS_TO_DEGREES(radians) ((radians) * (180 / PI))
float getRefAngle(float angle)
{
if(angle >= 0 && angle < 90)
return angle;
else if(angle < 180)
return (180 - angle);
else if(angle < 270)
return (angle - 180);
else
return (360 - angle);
}
**EDIT**
No, that is probably not a good idea :) Instead, you'd probably want to do this:Quote:
#include "openfile.h"
#include "closefile.h"
#include "readfile.h"
Or, on the other hand, you could just do file i/o like normal people do it, and do the opening and stuff manually :PCode:#include "myfilestuff.h"
wow this thread is loaded....
ok hunt thnx for the help(?) lol.
:D No prob(?) lol.
I have been thinking about how one could implement my previous idea. Here is what i have come with (scrawled on the back of a geography worksheet).
When the user asks a question, do the following:
change the case
filter out uneeded words and characters (articles, punctuation, etc.)
try to find a match.
If you find a match, feed back the related answer.
if you don't:
-counter it (as before described)
-write it into the file
-write the user's response to the file
reply.
To distinguish the questions from other statements and related words, questions could either have a separate file (questions.txt) or have a separate range of id's. The related answer(s) would have the same ID and probably be in a different file (answers.txt) or another section of the main file.
The bot should also randomly ask the user a question and record the feedback so the bot can fuel it's own answer-repository.
When the bot is parsing the input, the bot could have a list of names (which are added to every time the user logs in) that it replaces with %s for subject if it finds them.
Also, to make the conversation more interesting, the bot could have a long list of generic starements and replies that have a %o in then (for object) that it uses to keep the conversation going. This (along with a variable containing the object and some way to filter out the object of conversation) would make the bot seem more coherent and intelligent.
That's all for now, :D
~Inquirer
as much as i love your idea, i haven't even got past the opening of the file, the checking of the file for a match, the opening the reply file, and replying.
You haven't gotten past opening the file yet?? Psst... try #include <fstream> :p And then look into std::ifstream and std::ofstream.
P.S.
I hope I'm not slighting your intelligence; if you already knew the stuff very well, feel free to ignore me :D
i'm mostly just putting the ideas out there for when i get around to making my own. I like getting my ideas out there to be chewed up, mixed around, and spat back out (pardon the metaphor) just to see if they get improved anyo or if it is possible or a waste of time, etc.
P.S. an O.K. tutorial on file opening and stiff i found at http://www.cpp-home.com/FileIO_tutorial.php . The one i learned from isn't online anymore, and i don't know where it went.
//edit
P.P.S. In the tutorial i gave you, beware of the bad programming practices he uses (void main() etc.) and the fact that he calls quotes inverted commas. :confused: good luck!
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~Inquirer
Wasn't there supposed to be an online "Sam's teach yourself c++ in 21 days"? That's a good place to look.
Ok i got the open/close file down. I open it at the very start of the program, now how would i search the text enterd by the user for keywords that match words in the keywords.txt i opend?
Like this idea:
If word matches
goto appropriate response in response.txt (also oepnd)
Output the answer.
if not
Add question to Addquestion.txt
tell user you don't know.
Then after a while the developer checks AddQuestion.txt and manually adds the questions/responses? Sounds fine :) Once you've got it all done though, if you want to make it prettier, you can try and get it to automatically add to the questions/responses.txt files.
Thats the idea. Through my website and friends i will collect the AddQuestion files and make additions as needed, and eventually it will become an automated process as inq suggested.
Today's idea: let the bot do my homework...
Ex.:
Hal?
>>Yes?
Could you type my english paper for me?
>>hmm... Sure.
**Hears printer start working**
~Inquirer
>>and needs to be fully independent of the programmer while the user is runnng it.
<<...so no Wizard of Oz tricks, eh? Kinda rules out a lot of possibilities, but whatever
Sounds like you shoulda worked on that one, eh? :D
Ok i have been introduced to the idea of useing a "map" for finding input matches. All i know is that a map is an associative container in the STL, and has a syntax like map<string,string>.
Could anyone elaborate on this, possibly give opinion as to wether or not its a good idea?
what do you mean?
to compare them? im just manually working through the string to compare them
I had a thought in study hall today. Maybe i could compare them useing vectors?
vector compareme[1]
vector tome[1]
compareme[1] = Hello marvin
tome[1] = Well hello there
Or sumthing like this, thoughts?
i have 2 vectors in a node
struct NODE {
vector <string> say;
vector <string> resp;
}
each node holds the say and responses that are used for that block, and its all stored in a linked list.
i have wildcards and stuff too in the resp block, so i do a straight compare first, and if they're not equal, i check them using the wildcard
I don't exactly follow...i mean i get the concept but i'm new to vecs so i don't quite grasp how u could make it work.
like do u have "hi" in one vec and "how are you" in the other? And how are you checking to see which node it should go to, etc.
wuts the point in this?
Ok i did the first rlly simple part of it, i am getting rdy to read in the two files and compare them to handle his "brain", but have an errors with the to lower. Heres that section of code and the error, i get the error but if i cast then it won't work.
Code:char hello[]= "Hello";
char user[50];
int result;
cout<<"Hello: ";
cin.getline(user,50);
user = tolower(user); //problem
result = strcmp(user,hello);
Code:--------------------Configuration: simplebot - Win32 Debug--------------------
Compiling...
simplebot.cpp
C:\From d\MyProjects\Mine - experimental or unfinished\Marvin version one\simplebot.cpp(33) : error C2664: 'tolower' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char [50]' to 'int'
This conversion requires a reinterpret_cast, a C-style cast or function-style cast
Error executing cl.exe.
simplebot.obj - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
Try this, instead of:
char user[50];
try
char *user = new char[50];
1 node = 1 block, theres an unspecified number of blocks in each file. itll look through each block
Did you change your name wookie? :)
well i had to :(Quote:
Originally posted by BMJ
Did you change your name wookie? :)
and you still spelled it wrong! :p
crap! :eek:Quote:
Originally posted by FillYourBrain
and you still spelled it wrong! :p
I might have a go at this :p
I started thinking about doing one a few months ago, the ideas I came up with is:
- Random messages -- The BOT chooses one of the suitable messages in the scope of suitable answers
Keywords -- Keywords help choose suitable answers
Non repeating answers -- Answers get tagged with 0, each loop the answer increases by one. When the answer has reached 5 it is an availble answer again
Isn't 77 posts some kinda of record lol
its not as easy as just a random response though, the responses need to be somewhat logical
hmm, well first you get the random-relevant-response working; once you've got that up, make it more advanced! You could have multiple keywords for each response, and the more keyword matches, the better - and use the response with the most. Onc you've got that, make it the one with the most matching keywords in order! Come on, this isn't that hard is it? :p