[alicebot-general] Response order

[Dr. Rich Wallace]

The problem is that he has both a GOODWORD RESPONSE as well as a
BADWORD RESPONSE.  He wants both GOODWORD and BADWORD to have priority
over any other match, and moreover wants BADWORD to have priority over
GOODWORD.

If the input is MY FRIEND CAN KISS MY A$$ then he might not want to use
<pattern>* FRIEND</patten> if there is another category with
<pattern>MY *</pattern>

The "keyword priority problem" I described arises when both keywords
have patterns like
<pattern>_ ASS$</pattern> and
<pattern>_ FRIEND _</pattern>

If all of the bot's categories are keyword matches (e.g. no ALICE
Brain categories) then he can use

<pattern>_ ASS$</pattern> and <pattern>* FRIEND *</pattern>
no problem, but if there are other categories like <pattern>MY
*</pattern> in between, the second pattern will not match the input,
and the keyword won't be detected.

Maybe there is a workaround using <topic>?

Rich

On 2/3/07, Square Bear <steve at square-bear.co.uk> wrote:
> Use _ instead of * for the A$$ category. The underscore overrules everything
> else including an exact match. This should do it:
>
>  <category>
>     <pattern>
>         _ A$$
>     </pattern>
>     <template>
>         <srai>
>             BADWORD RESPONSE
>         </srai>
>     </template>
>  </category>
>
> Regards
> - Steve Worswick (Square Bear)
> http://www.mitsuku.com
>
>
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> > In need of an AIML suggestion concerning ordering of a match or
> > pre-scanning a sentence.  Given these two patterns:
> >
> > <category>
> >     <pattern>
> >         * FRIEND *
> >     </pattern>
> >     <template>
> >         <srai>
> >             FRIEND RESPONSE
> >         </srai>
> >     </template>
> > </category>
> >
> > <category>
> >     <pattern>
> >         * A$$
> >     </pattern>
> >     <template>
> >         <srai>
> >             BADWORD RESPONSE
> >         </srai>
> >     </template>
> > </category>
> >
> >
> > And the input "my friend can kiss my a$$".  The desire is to have the
> > pattern match and send a response for BADWORD RESPONSE instead of FRIEND
> > RESPONSE.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
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