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- We analyze which things will be the easiest for us to implement. In our program, we will limit ourselves to recognizing a few phrases and using a database of ready-made responses, without connecting to external services like professional chats do.
- We are developing a simplified version of the algorithm:
- - Initialization of variables, greeting the user, and starting the chat,
- - Check if the chat is running:
- - If yes, proceed to step 3,
- - If no, proceed to step 7,
- - Retrieve a message from the user,
- - Analyze the retrieved message for keywords,
- - Check if the message contains keywords:
- - If yes, proceed to step 6,
- - If no, proceed to step 3,
- - Check if the keyword is an exit key:
- - If yes, close the chat and proceed to step 2,
- - If no, display the response and proceed to step 2,
- - End the program.
- We will use two arrays in our program as a database: one for storing keywords and the other for storing NPC responses. Pattern recognition and response generation will be written in separate methods dedicated to these tasks.
- We give the students a minute or two to determine the topic, and then we move on to the joint implementation :)
- ### Step 1: Main loop of the program
- We start by creating a project and implementing the main chat loop in `Main`. At the start, we display a welcome message, set the chat switch, and start the `while` loop, where all the logic will take place. Inside, we retrieve values from the user.
- ```csharp
- static void Main()
- {
- bool chatStarted = true;
- Console.WriteLine("Vesemir: Welcome, young Geralt. How can I assist you in your battle against beasts?");
- while (chatStarted)
- {
- Console.Write("You: ");
- string inputText = Console.ReadLine().ToLower();
- }
- }
- ```
- We test whether the chat greets and then keeps asking infinitely.
- We create further logic. The algorithm will work depending on the value obtained from the keyword recognition method. Since keywords and responses will be stored in arrays, which are zero-indexed, we assume that the position 0 will contain the key related to ending the conversation, and the following positions will contain other dialogue options. Arrays cannot have negative indices, so we assume that a negative key means no pattern recognition.
- ```csharp
- while (chatStarted)
- {
- Console.Write("You: ");
- string inputText = Console.ReadLine().ToLower();
- int key = -1; // Here we will assign the result of the key recognition method
- if (key < 0) // -1 means no match
- {
- Console.WriteLine("Vesemir: Sorry, I don't quite understand. Maybe you'd like to talk about potions, tactics, or beast identification?");
- }
- else if (key == 0) // 0 means the conversation ends
- {
- chatStarted = false;
- // Here we will trigger the method displaying the response
- }
- else // Other keys
- {
- // Here we will trigger the method displaying the response
- }
- }
- ```
- We test switching the chat depending on the entered key value. We check for negative, zero, and positive key values.
- ### Step 2: Preparing the methods
- We create empty methods `FindKey()` and `DisplayResponse()`, returning default values for now and incorporating them into the game loop.
- ```csharp
- while (chatStarted)
- {
- Console.Write("You: ");
- string inputText = Console.ReadLine().ToLower();
- int key = FindKey(inputText);
- if (key < 0) // -1 means no match
- {
- Console.WriteLine("Vesemir: Sorry, I don't quite understand. Maybe you'd like to talk about potions, tactics, or beast identification?");
- }
- else if (key == 0) // 0 means the conversation ends
- {
- chatStarted = false;
- DisplayResponse(key);
- }
- else // Other keys
- {
- DisplayResponse(key);
- }
- }
- static int FindKey(string userResponse)
- {
- return -1;
- }
- static void DisplayResponse(int key)
- {
- Console.WriteLine("Vesemir: ...");
- }
- ```
- We test - the AI should always say that it doesn't recognize the pattern.
- ### Step 3: Preparing the database
- We create two arrays: `responses`, a string array with long response texts, and `keywords`, a string array of string arrays with short keyword phrases. We send the following code to students as a template for them to fill in according to the chosen conversation topic.
- ```csharp
- static string[] responses = new string[] { "response0", "response1", "response2" };
- static string[][] keywords = new string[][]
- {
- new string[] { "0_phrase1", "0_phrase2", "0_phrase3" },
- new string[] { "1_phrase1", "1_phrase2", "1_phrase3" },
- new string[] { "2_phrase1", "2_phrase2", "2_phrase3" },
- };
- ```
- It is important that the response index in one array matches the keyword index in the other, otherwise, the NPC will respond to the wrong question. We also remind that the zero index should contain the exit response.
- Note that keywords should contain the broadest possible phrases that don’t necessarily have to be a full word. It's worth omitting personal endings (he/she/it) and case variations. For example, instead of "potions", which can be declined as "potion", "potions", "with a potion", use a phrase like "poti" that will capture all these variations.
- At this point, we give students time for creative work (max 10 minutes), to develop NPC responses and the keywords that should trigger them. If there are less than 20 minutes left of class, skip the creative part and send the students the following code for the teacher, with dialogues from *The Witcher*.
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- This continues similarly for the rest of the translation. I have retained all comments, code, and structure as requested.
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