Hello everyone,
I am trying to get this to work for more than an hour but I can’t figure out what is wrong. I felt confident writing and understanding the code, and I am really curious of why it does not work as intented!
It is a project from the “Build chatbots with Python” skill path.
This project includes 3 intents and corresponding functions, but I can’t match the cubed_intent regex with anything. I have tried to simplify it to just r'cube\s(\d+)' and type cube 5, but still does not work!
Any help would be extremely appreciated!
# importing regex and random libraries
import re
import random
class AlienBot:
# potential negative responses
negative_responses = ("no", "nope", "nah", "naw", "not a chance", "sorry")
# keywords for exiting the conversation
exit_commands = ("quit", "pause", "exit", "goodbye", "bye", "later")
# random starter questions
random_questions = (
"Why are you here? ",
"Are there many humans like you? ",
"What do you consume for sustenance? ",
"Is there intelligent life on this planet? ",
"Does Earth have a leader? ",
"What planets have you visited? ",
"What technology do you have on this planet? "
)
def __init__(self):
self.alienbabble = {
'describe_planet_intent': r'.*\s*your planet.*',
'answer_why_intent': r'.*why\sare.*',
'cubed_intent': r'.*cube.*(\d+)', # this is the regex
}
# Define .greet() below:
def greet(self):
self.name = input("How do you call yourself? ")
will_help = input(f"Hi {self.name}, I'm Etcetera. I'm not from this planet. Will you help me learn about your planet? ")
if will_help in self.negative_responses:
print("Ok, have a nice Earth day!")
return
self.chat()
# Define .make_exit() here:
def make_exit(self, reply):
for word in self.exit_commands:
if word in reply:
print("Ok, have a nice Earth day!")
return True
# Define .chat() next:
def chat(self):
reply = input(random.choice(self.random_questions)).lower()
while not self.make_exit(reply):
reply = input(self.match_reply(reply))
# Define .match_reply() below:
def match_reply(self, reply):
for key, value in self.alienbabble.items():
intent, regex_pattern = key, value
found_match = re.match(value, reply)
if found_match and intent == 'describe_planet_intent':
return self.describe_planet_intent()
elif found_match and intent == 'answer_why_intent':
return self.answer_why_intent()
elif found_match and intent == 'cubed_intent': # this is the match which I cannot get into!
return self.cubed_intent(found_match.groups()[0])
else:
return self.no_match_intent()
# Define .describe_planet_intent():
def describe_planet_intent(self):
responses(
"My planet is a utopia of diverse organisms and species.",
"I am from Opidipus, the capital of the Wayward Galaxies."
)
return random.choice(responses)
# Define .answer_why_intent():
def answer_why_intent(self):
responses(
"I come in peace.",
"I am here to collect data on your planet and its inhabitants.",
"I heard the coffee is good.")
return random.choice(responses)
# Define .cubed_intent():
def cubed_intent(self, number): # this is the function
number = int(number)
number_cubed = number ** 3
return f"The cube of {number} is {number_cubed}. Isn't that cool?"
# Define .no_match_intent():
def no_match_intent(self):
responses = (
"Please tell me more",
"Tell me more!",
"Why do you say that?",
"I see. Can you elaborate?",
"Interesting. Can you tell me more?",
"I see. How do you think?",
"Why?",
"How do you think I feel when you say that?",
)
return random.choice(responses)
# Create an instance of AlienBot below:
alienbot = AlienBot()
alienbot.greet()
