string ofxEliza::ask(string _inputString){
// gets input from the user
save_prev_input();
m_sInput = _inputString;
saveLog("USER");
// Finds and display a response
// to the current input of the user.
// removes punctuation from the input
// and do some more preprocessing
if(m_sInput.length() > 0) {
tok.cleanString(m_sInput, " ?!,;");
trimRight(m_sInput, '.');
UpperCase(m_sInput);
m_sInput.insert(0, " ");
m_sInput.append(" ");
}
save_prev_responses();
save_prev_response();
if(null_input()) {
handle_null_input();
} else if(user_repeat()) {
handle_user_repetition();
} else if(short_input()) {
handle_short_input();
}
else {
reset_repeat_count();
reset_short_input_count();
find_response();
}
select_response();
preProcessResponse();
handle_repetition();
saveLog("ELIZA");
return m_sResponse;
}
// these function finds and display a response
// to the current input of the user.
void Eliza::respond() {
preProcessInput();
save_prev_responses();
save_prev_response();
if(null_input()) {
handle_null_input();
} else if(user_repeat()) {
handle_user_repetition();
} else {
reset_repeat_count();
find_response();
}
select_response();
preProcessResponse();
check_quit_message();
handle_repetition();
print_response();
save_log("ELIZA");
}