Getting Hal to repeat something

[Bill819]

I would like Hal to respond to a command like "Say hello to Greg" or some other name as my guests come to visit. Is there a way to get it to respond to that kind of quest?
Bill

[Larry]

Sure... edit the brain...

Put this in there somewhere...

If Instr(1, UserSentence, "Say hello to Greg", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
 GetResponse = "Hello Greg!"
End If

Perhaps a bit simplified...

[vonsmith]

An easier method is to employ Hal's new Deductive Reasoning ability. Just type the sentence below in the user window like any other input.

Type: If say Hi to Greg, then Hi Greg it's good to meet me.

Notice the "me" reversal at the end.

Now type: Say Hi to Greg.
And you'll get Hal's reply:
   Hi greg it's good to meet you.

I don't know any way to fix the lowercase greg in lieu of Greg though. You will find your If-Then inputs in the "deductive.brn" file.

Try other If-Then statements for fun.

Try typing: If are you laughing, then I make you giggle.
Then type: Are you laughing?

Actually the If-Then function is much more powerful than just this fun little quirk, but it is a handy way to quickly program a quick reply.

= vonsmith =

[Larry]

That's good thinking, I hadn't thought of that one...

What else can you do with that???

[kevinvr]

I tried using this to change the username and met with a little success [], it recognized the new person but then later returned to the original user.

I don't know if it is possible to change the user completely, but when I can get ver 5.00 I will try it.  I've still got the beta so I can't save my conversations yet.  Anyway keep on keeping on []
regards
Kevin