Notes

/**
* A program to carry on conversations with a human user.
* This version:
*<ul><li>
* Uses advanced search for keywords
*</li><li>
* Will transform statements as well as react to keywords
*</li></ul>
* @author Laurie White
* @version April 2012
*
*/

public class Magpie4
{
/**
* Get a default greeting
* @return a greeting
*/
public String getGreeting()
{
return "Hello, let's talk.";
}

/**
* Gives a response to a user statement
*
* @param statement
* the user statement
* @return a response based on the rules given
*/
public String getResponse(String statement)
{
String response = "";
if (statement.length() == 0)
{
response = "Say something, please.";
}

else if (findKeyword(statement, "no") >= 0)
{
response = "Why so negative?";
}
else if (findKeyword(statement, "mother") >= 0
|| findKeyword(statement, "father") >= 0
|| findKeyword(statement, "sister") >= 0
|| findKeyword(statement, "brother") >= 0)
{
response = "Tell me more about your family.";
}

// Responses which require transformations
else if (findKeyword(statement, "I want to", 0) >= 0)
{
response = transformIWantToStatement(statement);
}
else if (findKeyword(statement, "I want", 0) >= 0)
{
response = transformIWantStatement(statement);
}
else if (findKeyword(statement, "I", 0) >= 0)
{
response = transformIYouStatement(statement);
}
else if (findKeyword(statement, "netflix", 0) >= 0)
{
response = "Yes, let us netflix and chill.";
}
else if (findKeyword(statement, "stupid", 0) >= 0)
{
response = "What did you just call me?";
}
else
{
// Look for a two word (you <something> me)
// pattern
int psn = findKeyword(statement, "you", 0);

if (psn >= 0
&& findKeyword(statement, "me", psn) >= 0)
{
response = transformYouMeStatement(statement);
}
else
{
response = getRandomResponse();
}
}
return response;
}

/**
* Take a statement with "I want to <something>." and transform it into
* "What would it mean to <something>?"
* @param statement the user statement, assumed to contain "I want to"
* @return the transformed statement
*/
private String transformIWantToStatement(String statement)
{
// Remove the final period, if there is one
statement = statement.trim();
String lastChar = statement.substring(statement
.length() - 1);
if (lastChar.equals("."))
{
statement = statement.substring(0, statement
.length() - 1);
}
int psn = findKeyword (statement, "I want to", 0);
String restOfStatement = statement.substring(psn + 9).trim();
return "Would you really be happy if you had to " + restOfStatement + "?";

}
private String transformIWantStatement(String statement)
{
statement = statement.trim();
String lastChar = statement.substring(statement.length() - 1);
if (lastChar.equals("."))
{
statement = statement.substring(0, statement.length() - 1);
}
int psn = findKeyword(statement, "I want", 0);
String restOfStatement = statement.substring(psn + 6).trim();
return "Would you really be happy if you had " + restOfStatement + "?";
}
private String transformIYouStatement(String statement)
{
// Remove the final period, if there is one
statement = statement.trim();
String lastChar = statement.substring(statement
.length() - 1);
if (lastChar.equals("."))
{
statement = statement.substring(0, statement
.length() - 1);
}
int psnOfI = findKeyword (statement, "I", 0);
int psnOfYou = findKeyword (statement, "you", psnOfI + 1);

String restOfStatement = statement.substring(psnOfI + 1, psnOfYou).trim();
return "Why do you " + restOfStatement + " me?";
}

/**
* Take a statement with "you <something> me" and transform it into
* "What makes you think that I <something> you?"
* @param statement the user statement, assumed to contain "you" followed by "me"
* @return the transformed statement
*/
private String transformYouMeStatement(String statement)
{
// Remove the final period, if there is one
statement = statement.trim();
String lastChar = statement.substring(statement
.length() - 1);
if (lastChar.equals("."))
{
statement = statement.substring(0, statement
.length() - 1);
}

int psnOfYou = findKeyword (statement, "you", 0);
int psnOfMe = findKeyword (statement, "me", psnOfYou + 3);

String restOfStatement = statement.substring(psnOfYou + 3, psnOfMe).trim();
return "What makes you think that I " + restOfStatement + " you?";
}





/**
* Search for one word in phrase. The search is not case sensitive.
* This method will check that the given goal is not a substring of a longer string
* (so, for example, "I know" does not contain "no").
* @param statement the string to search
* @param goal the string to search for
* @param startPos the character of the string to begin the search at
* @return the index of the first occurrence of goal in statement or -1 if it's not found
*/
private int findKeyword(String statement, String goal, int startPos)
{
String phrase = statement.trim();
// The only change to incorporate the startPos is in the line below
int psn = phrase.toLowerCase().indexOf(goal.toLowerCase(), startPos);

// Refinement--make sure the goal isn't part of a word
while (psn >= 0)
{
// Find the string of length 1 before and after the word
String before = " ", after = " ";
if (psn > 0)
{
before = phrase.substring (psn - 1, psn).toLowerCase();
}
if (psn + goal.length() < phrase.length())
{
after = phrase.substring(psn + goal.length(), psn + goal.length() + 1).toLowerCase();
}

// If before and after aren't letters, we've found the word
if (((before.compareTo ("a") < 0 ) || (before.compareTo("z") > 0)) // before is not a letter
&& ((after.compareTo ("a") < 0 ) || (after.compareTo("z") > 0)))
{
return psn;
}

// The last position didn't work, so let's find the next, if there is one.
psn = phrase.indexOf(goal.toLowerCase(), psn + 1);

}

return -1;
}

/**
* Search for one word in phrase. The search is not case sensitive.
* This method will check that the given goal is not a substring of a longer string
* (so, for example, "I know" does not contain "no"). The search begins at the beginning of the string.
* @param statement the string to search
* @param goal the string to search for
* @return the index of the first occurrence of goal in statement or -1 if it's not found
*/
private int findKeyword(String statement, String goal)
{
return findKeyword (statement, goal, 0);
}



/**
* Pick a default response to use if nothing else fits.
* @return a non-committal string
*/
private String getRandomResponse()
{
final int NUMBER_OF_RESPONSES = 4;
double r = Math.random();
int whichResponse = (int)(r * NUMBER_OF_RESPONSES);
String response = "";

if (whichResponse == 0)
{
response = "Interesting, tell me more.";
}
else if (whichResponse == 1)
{
response = "Hmmm.";
}
else if (whichResponse == 2)
{
response = "Do you really think so?";
}
else if (whichResponse == 3)
{
response = "You don't say.";
}

return response;
}

}