Communication Program and Saving Responses

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magicpick..

Communication Program and Saving Responses

in Programming Questions • 1 year ago

I have a program that just has a text box, when the "RETURN" key is pressed it sets theText(a string variable) to whatever is in the text box. If theText is equal to a string that is in the program, then the computer will return the proper response. The issue with this is that it takes a lot of if(){} and all the strings need to be preprogramed. What I want it to be able to to is to write the value that theText needs to be and the output in a .txt document that can be accessed by the script. I also would like it to be able to add to the document, like if theText is not a value in the .txt file, then ask for the correct response to theText and write the values in the .txt file. Could someone give me some guidance or help with I could achieve this?

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PhiLho

Re: Communication Program and Saving Responses

1 year ago

See loadStrings() as a starting point.

magicpick..

Re: Communication Program and Saving Responses

1 year ago

Here's the code it uses ControlP5. But the script has some issues, can anyone help?

/**

* ControlP5 Textflied.

* for a more advanced example see textfieldAdvanced which

* demonstrates how to use keepFocus, setText, getText, getTextList,

* clear, setAutoClear, isAutoClear or submit.

import controlP5.*;

ControlP5 controlP5;

String I = "";

String Is = "";

String A = "";

String As = "";

String theText = "";

PFont f;

String s = "Hi.";

String textValue = "";

Textfield myTextfield;

String IA = "Hi.,Hello.,What's 1 + 1?,2.";

String[] list = split(IA, ',');

void setup() {

size(screen.width, screen.height);

frameRate(25);

controlP5 = new ControlP5(this);

myTextfield = controlP5.addTextfield("Text",100,300,200,20);

myTextfield.setFocus(true);

f = loadFont("ArialMT-16.vlw");

saveStrings("AI.txt", list);

}

void draw() {

background(0);

textFont(f,16);

fill(255);

text(s,10,100);

}

void controlEvent(ControlEvent theEvent) {

println("controlEvent: accessing a string from controller '"+theEvent.controller().name()+"': "+theEvent.controller().stringValue());

}

public void Text() {

// receiving text from controller texting

println("a textfield event for controller 'texting': "+theText);

}

void go() {

//The part that goes through the list and then give the response

int i = 0;

String lines[] = loadStrings("AI.txt");

I = lines[i];

if (I == theText){

s = (lines[i + 1]);

i = 0;

}else{

if (lines.length < i){

i = i + 2;

return;

}else{

i = 0;

}

loop();

}

PhiLho

Re: Communication Program and Saving Responses

1 year ago

I don't see where you call go(). And I don't see the point of loop() call in this function.
Actually, this function is indeed quite strange. You have to call loadStrings() once, in setup, and keep the result in a global variable. Then you can use a for loop to examine the content against your text. And read the String reference: don't use == to compare strings!