Said() Strings - Comprehensive Examples

[gumby]

These examples were tested against the template game with minor modifications (several word additions, as well as making the word 'of' a noun).

• Verbs

User Input		Parts of Speech		Said string syntax		Notes
look		verb		look		will match any input starting with 'look' ('look', 'look around', 'look at troll', etc)
jump		verb		jump		will match any input starting with 'jump'

• Nouns

take a breath		verb/noun		take/breath		Don't include articles in said strings – also responds to 'take breath'
eat the goodies		verb/noun		eat/goodies		Don't include articles in said strings – also responds to 'eat goodies'
take key		verb/noun		take/key

• Adjectives / Nouns acting like Adjectives

User Input		Parts of Speech		Said string syntax		Notes
take golden sword		verb/adj/noun		take/sword<golden
drop heavy black sword		verb/adj/adj/noun		drop/sword<black<heavy		also reponds to 'drop the heavy black sword'
drop heavy goodies basket		verb/adj/noun/noun		drop/basket<goodies<heavy
take goodies basket		verb/noun/noun		take/basket<goodies
take basket of goodies		verb/noun/prep/noun		take<of/basket/goodies		dont need to make 'of' a noun
take basket of goodies		verb/noun/noun-prep/noun		take/goodies<basket<of		need to make 'of' a noun for this to work – this appears to be the best thing to do.
drop heavy basket of goodies		verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun		drop/basket<heavy/goodies
take black magic voodoo sword		verb/noun-adj/noun-adj/noun-adj/noun		take/sword<magic<black<voodoo		Can use any number of noun-adjs (black/magic/voodoo), in any order (both the user input & said string)
take top secret water sword		verb/noun/noun/noun/noun		take/sword<top<secret<water		Can use any number of nouns to describe the subject (top/secret/water).  Position unimportant.  'Sword' must remain in the same position however.  Othe nouns can be in any order (both in user input & said syntax)

• Adverbs

User Input		Parts of Speech		Said string syntax		Notes
where is sword		adverb/indverb/noun		is<where/sword		as in a question “where is sword”
throw basket of goodies quickly		verb/noun/prep/noun/adverb		throw<quickly/basket<of<goodies		note that 'of' needs to be a noun for this to work
quickly throw basket of goodies		adverb/verb/noun/prep/noun		throw<quickly/basket<of<goodies		note that 'of' needs to be a noun for this to work
crawl under table slowly		verb/prep/noun/adverb		crawl<under<slowly/table		same as 'slowly crawl under table'
slowly crawl under table		adverb/verb/prep/noun		crawl<under<slowly/table		same as 'crawl under table slowly'
quickly run down troll		adverb/verb/adverb/noun		run<quickly<down/troll		also responds to 'quickly down run troll' (jibberish), 'run down troll quickly', 'quickly run troll down', does NOT work for 'run troll down quickly', 'run troll quickly down'

• Prepositions

User Input		Parts of Speech		Said string syntax		Notes
turn lamp on		verb/noun/prep		turn<on/lamp		same said as 'turn on lamp'
turn on lamp		verb/prep/noun		turn<on/lamp		same said as 'turn lamp on'
talk to troll		verb/prep/noun		talk<to/troll
look in keyhole		noun-verb/prep/noun		look<in/keyhole
walk behind curtain		noun-verb/prep-noun/noun		walk/curtain<behind
swing sword at troll		verb/noun/prep/noun		swing<at/sword/troll
throw sword at thief		verb/noun/prep/noun		throw<at/sword/thief
eat goodies with troll		verb/noun/prep/noun		eat<with/goodies/troll
put knife upon ledge		noun-verb/noun/prep/noun		put<upon/knife/ledge		see non-working example 'put knife up on ledge'
swing sword at fat troll		verb/noun/prep/adj/noun		swing<at/sword/troll<fat
swing heavy sword at troll		verb/adj/noun/prep/noun		swing<at/sword<heavy/troll
swing heavy sword at fat troll		verb/adj/noun/prep/adj/noun		swing<at/sword<heavy/troll<fat

• Making words optional '[]'

User Input		Parts of Speech		Said string syntax		Notes
take long knife		verb/adj/noun		take/knife[<long]		This will enforce that only the adjective 'long' is used, no other adjective is valid.  Note that if the said string was 'take/knife', any adjective could be used & it would be valid
take up sword		verb/prep/noun		take[<up]/sword		Note that string will also accept 'take sword' as user input

• Grouping words '()'

User Input		Parts of Speech		Said string syntax		Notes
lift up sword OR raise sword		verb/prep/noun OR verb/noun		(lift<up),raise/sword		Both phrases will work, however it is interesting to note that 'raise <any preposition&gt; sword' will also work.

• Matching any word/no word/exact phrase

User Input		Parts of Speech		Said string syntax		Notes
look		verb		look[/!*] OR look[/noword]		will only match 'look', not 'look this' or 'look at...'
look wall OR look bird OR etc...		verb		look/* OR look/anyword		will only match if there is a word following 'look'
look troll		verb		look/troll[/!*]
play game		verb/noun		play/game[/noword]		only will match 'play game', will not match 'play game with troll' unless the 'noword' syntax is removed, then it would match
take knife		verb/noun		take/knife		note that this will also match 'take long knife', 'take rusty knife', etc.
lift up sword OR raise sword		verb/prep/noun OR verb/noun		(lift<up),(raise[<noword])/sword		This will ONLY accept 'lift up sword' or 'raise sword'

• Exhaustive & Complex Examples

User Input		Parts of Speech		Said string syntax		Notes
give food to the dog		verb/noun/prep/article/noun		give/food/dog		preposition not represented in said string, unnecessary
give food to dog		verb/noun/prep/noun		give/food/dog
give dog the food		verb/noun/article/noun		give/food/dog
give dog food		verb/noun/noun		give/food<dog		dog being treated here as an adjective (similar to goodies in 'take goodies basket')
give food dog (nonsense)		verb/noun/noun		give/dog<food
give food the dog (nonsense)		verb/noun/article/noun		give/dog/food		Adding the article changes said string (see 'give food dog')
take troll to game		verb/noun/prep/noun		take<to/troll/game		see non-working example 'take troll out to game'
take troll to game		verb/noun/prep/noun		take/troll/game		see alternative parse of 'take<to/troll/game'
take troll to ball game		verb/noun/prep/noun/noun		take<to/troll/game<ball		ball should probably be classified as an adjective...
take troll ball game		verb/noun/noun/noun		take/game<ball<troll		nonsense! But it does work... also accepts 'take ball troll game'
take troll game ball		verb/noun/noun/noun		take/ball<troll<game		also responds to 'take game troll ball' – utter nonsense.
take troll to ball game		verb/noun/prep/noun/noun		take/troll/game<ball		similar to 'take troll to game', but with additional 'ball' noun which acts as an adj
play game with troll		verb/noun/prep/noun		play<with/game/troll
play checkers game with troll		verb/noun/noun/prep/noun		play<with/game<checkers/troll
play game of checkers with troll		verb/noun/noun-prep/noun/prep/noun		play<with/checkers<game<of/troll		note that 'of' needs to be a noun for this to work
play game of checkers with grey troll		verb/noun/noun-prep/noun/prep/adj/noun		play<with/checkers<game<of/troll<grey		note that 'of' needs to be a noun for this to work
play short game of checkers		verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun		play/checkers<short<game<of		note that 'of' needs to be a noun for this to work
play short game of checkers with troll		verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun/prep/noun		play<with/checkers<short<game<of/troll		note that 'of' needs to be a noun for this to work
quickly play short game of checkers		adverb/verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun		play<quickly/checkers<short<game<of		note that 'of' needs to be a noun for this to work
quickly play short game of checkers again		adverb/verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun/adverb		play<quickly<again/checkers<short<game<of		41 characters.  Maximum possible in user input string!
again play short game of checkers quickly		adverb/verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun/adverb		play<quickly<again/checkers<short<game<of		same syntax as 'quickly play short game of checkers again'

• Does not work

User Input		Parts of Speech		Said string syntax		Notes
put knife up on ledge		noun-verb/noun/adverb/prep/noun				Parser reports bad sentence.
take troll out to game		verb/noun/prep/prep/noun				Parser reports bad sentence.

[Collector]

Did you put this in the Wiki, too?

[gumby]

Did you put this in the Wiki, too?

Yep, it's in there now.

[Doan Sephim]

This is awesome! and much needed!

[MusicallyInspired]

Holy cripes on toast! (10 points to whoever gets the reference) You, sir, are one awesome human being for figuring this all out! This will help loads!

[gumby]

Hey, thanks guys.  If there is any user input scenario that was missed, please post it here (or in the 'Syntax Help' forum) & we'll get it resolved & documented.

[Cloudee1]

added to tutorials > sci > your first game > Handling the Player's "Said" Input

[gumby]

It appears that we lost the vast majority of the original post.  Not exactly 'comprehensive' anymore  .  If we don't have a backup from the previous site move, I may need to recreate it from here: http://sciwiki.sierrahelp.com//index.php?title=Said()_Strings_-_Comprehensive_Examples

[Cloudee1]

Took care of getting it back up to snuff. Also updated the tutorial on the subject as well.

[gumby]

Thank you sir.