How to use Bot Variables
From: MIT and Bobbio
<name> Insert the name of that person. Example:
asks: Hi
reply: Hi there, <Name>
What this looks like (when the person says that their name is John
earlier in the conversation):
asks: hi
reply: Hi there, John.
You can also code to have specific replies for someone with a
specific
name like so
asks: Hello <name=dave>
reply: Are you the dave from RunABot?
This also works with othere tags besides name(test for
functionality).
Here's a short list:
<Location> Similar to Name, only inserting the location.
<Age> Inserts the person's age.
<Job> Inserts the person's occupation.
<Like> Inserts what the person likes.
<Favmovie> Inserts the person's favorite movie.
<Favcolor> Inserts the person's favorite color.
<Gender> Inserts the gender of the person
<Botmaster> Inserts the bot's master (that's you)
<Sign> Inserts the bot's Zodiac Sign.
<It> Inserts whatever the person designated as "it". Example:
asks: It is red
reply: So you're saying it is <It>, huh?
The output:
user: what color is It
bot: So your saying it is red, huh?
Some others like this are <is><he><she>
<Heard> Inserts what the person says that they heard. Example:
asks: What have I told you?
reply: You told me that you heard <Heard>
The output (when the person says that they "heard" that hats are cool
earlier in the conversation):
user: what have I told you
bot: You told me that you heard that hats are cool.
<Star> (or <Star1> or <Star2>, etc.) Inserts the word or words that are
replaced by the asterisk (*) in the "Asks" field. Example:
asks: Do you like *
reply: I don't know if I like <Star>
Heres what the output looks like:
user: Do you like hats?
bot: I don't know if I like hats.
In this example, hats is what replaces the star. When using multiple
asterisks in the "someone asks" field, put numbers after the stars like
this: <Star1> and <star2>
<nextreply> Makes your bot send multiple replies like so:
asks:*song of sixpence*
reply: sing a song of sixpence<nextreply>a pocket full of
rye<nextreply>4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie<nextreply>when the pie was
opened, The birds began to sing <nextreply>wasnt that a dainty dish to set
before the king?
The output would look like this:
user: sing a song of sixpence
bot: sing a song of sixpence
bot: a pocket full of rye
bot: 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie
bot: when the pie was opened, The birds began to sing
bot: wasnt that a dainty dish to set before the king?
user: Thats cool
Every line is an additional reply. However too many lines will make
your bot drop messages or even drop off the network.
<noreply> The next line in your chatrunner will say no reply and nothing
will appear as the next line in the user's window, example:
asks: shut up
reply: <no reply>
The output looks like this:
user: shut up
The bot says nothing...
<That> I find one of the most useful replies to be <that=>, You can use it
to go "2 levels deep" in the bot. That makes whatever the bot says next
dependent on what the bot said last. Some examples:
asks: I hate chicken
reply: why do you hate it so much?
asks: *<that=*why do you hate it so much*>
reply: I was just curious why you hated it...
You can also use it to put your bot into a monolog
asks: are you crazy?
reply: I was crazy once
asks: *<that=I was crazy once>
reply: they put me in a room
asks: *<that=*they put me in a room*>
reply: with rubber walls
asks: *<that=*with rubber walls*>
reply: There were rats there
asks: *<*that=there were rats there*>
reply: I hate rats
asks: *<that=*I hate rats*>
reply: They make me crazy
asks: *<that=they make me crazy>
reply: I was crazy once
This will make the bot repeat this crazy phrase forever, The
problem with this is you hafta have a way out(see <topic=>)so that the user
can stop the bot from its monolog...I usually code the words quit,stop, and
shut to bring it out of it...However I think I should be adding more
shortly...
You can use <that=> for knock jokes,yes or no questions and
plenty of other stuff...
<topic=> Another extremely useful tag is <topic=> and <settopic=> , these
two commands are amazing...If you set the topic to something the robot will
pick the lines that have been set to that topic first like this. (I'll use
the crazy monolog to demostrate):
asks: are you crazy?
reply: I was crazy once <settopic=crazy>
asks: *<that=I was crazy once><topic=crazy>
reply: they put me in a room
asks: *<that=*they put me in a room*><topic=crazy>
reply: with rubber walls
asks: *<that=*with rubber walls*><topic=crazy>
reply: There were rats there
asks: *<*that=there were rats there*><topic=crazy>
reply: I hate rats
asks: *<that=*I hate rats*><topic=crazy>
reply: They make me crazy
asks: *<that=they make me crazy><topic=crazy>
reply: I was crazy once
asks: *quit* <topic=crazy>
reply: Ok...Sorry I was actin' alittle crazy <setttopic=random>
asks: *shut* <topic=crazy>
reply: Ok...Sorry I was actin' alittle crazy <setttopic=random>
asks: *stop* <topic=crazy>
reply: Ok...Sorry I was actin' alittle crazy <setttopic=random>
This way you can still have something like this with no topic set:
asks: *quit*
reply: OK I will quit doing that
And it will only only use the "Ok...Sorry I was actin' alittle crazy"
reply when the topic has been set to "crazy", I use this so I have *quit*,
*stop* and *shut* in all my different topics and have them do different
things. Its immensly helpful. And you could user it for just about
anything...Incidently the starting topic is "what".
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