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Are there any restrictions when an AIML topic cant be set?
  
 
Posted: Jun 17, 2016

Hello.
Are there any restrictions when the topic cant be set? I have a problem where the category gets activated via <srai> the text shows up, half of the <think> order are done but the topic which is set in the <think> part as well doesnt get changed. And I cant see why. It works in other examples with the same conidtions.
 

 
Posted: Jun 17, 2016
   [ # 1 ]

Hi, Robert. I’ve split your post into it’s own thread, just to keep it separate from the original. Can you show us examples of both code that does work, as well as the offending code? That will help us out a lot to figure out what’s going on. Thanks.
 

 
Posted: Jun 17, 2016
   [ # 2 ]

Ok. Thanks a lot for the fast reply.

Here it works:

<category>
    <pattern>Next</pattern>
    <template>
        <condition name="reihenfolgefragen1">
            <li value="0">
                <think><set name="reihenfolgefragen1">1</set></think>
                <srai>Frage3</srai>
            </li>
            <li value="1">
                <think><set name="reihenfolgefragen1">2</set></think>
                <srai>Frage4</srai>
            </li>
            <li>
                <think><set name="reihenfolgefragen1">0</set></think>
                <srai>Frage2</srai>
            </li>
        </condition>
    </template>
</category>

    <category>
        <pattern>Frage2</pattern>
        <template>Frage 2: Aus wievielen Mitgliedern besteht der Ständerat? <br></br>
        A) 26 <br></br> B) 46 <br></br> C) 36 <br></br> D) 56
        <think>
        <set name="topic">Legislative frage2</set>
        <set name="hilfezufrage">Legislative frage2</set>    
        </think>
        </template>
    </category> 

I use the <srai>Frage2</srai> to get to that category and the topic will be set just fine.

But then theres this:

<category>
        <pattern>*</pattern><that> * oder möchtest du ein spezifisches Subthema behandeln</that>
        <template>
        <think><set name="themenwahl"><star/></set></think>
        <condition name="themenwahl">
        <li value="STAATSKUNDE">Willst du lieber Fragen über Staatskunde im Allgemeinen beantworten?</li>
        <li value="Legislative"><srai>FragerundeLegislative</srai></li>
        <li value="* Legislative"><srai>FragerundeLegislative</srai></li>
        <li value="Legislative *"><srai>FragerundeLegislative</srai></li>
        <li value="Exekutive"><srai>FragerundeExekutive</srai></li>
        <li value="* Exekutive"><srai>FragerundeExekutive</srai></li>
        <li value="Exekutive *"><srai>FragerundeExekutive</srai></li>
        <li value="Judikative *"><srai>FragerundeJudikative</srai></li>
        <li value="Judikative"><srai>FragerundeJudikative</srai></li>
        <li value="* Judikative"><srai>FragerundeJudikative</srai></li>
        <li>Tut mir Leid mit diesem Thema kann ich dir noch nicht helfen.</li>
        </condition>
        <think><set name="topic">STAATSKUNDE</set></think>
        </template>
    </category>

    <category>
        <pattern>FragerundeLegislative</pattern>
        <template>Sehr gut! Frage 1: Wieviele Abgeordnete sind im Nationalrat? <br></br>
        A) 200 <br></br> B) 160 <br></br> C) 120 <br></br> D) 220
        <think>
        <set name="TOPIC">Legislative frage1</set>
        <set name="hilfezufrage">Legislative frage1</set>    
        </think>
        </template>
    </category> 

The really werid thing is that the <set name=“hilfezufrage”>Legislative frage1</set> works, the text works too just the topic doesnt work. (Its all caps because i thought maybe it would help, I tried everything I could think of ^^)

I hope this helps even though the text is in german.
 

 
Posted: Jun 17, 2016
   [ # 3 ]

The language doesn’t matter, and even if it were necessary to understand it, Google Translate will at least give me the gist of what it means. Out of curiosity, which chatbot platform are you using (e.g. Pandorabots, Program O, etc.)? I ask because I think that, depending on the platform, the wildcards in the <li> attributes in your non-working example may well be the cause of your issue. I really can’t be sure without knowing what chatbot platform you’re using.
 

 
Posted: Jun 17, 2016
   [ # 4 ]

Ah yes of course, Im using Pandorabots. I dont know if its relevant but the code that doesnt work is split in two different files. Could that be a problem?
 

 
Posted: Jun 17, 2016
   [ # 5 ]

That being the case, take a look at this thread for some suggestions on how to handle wildcards in <condition> tags. I don’t believe that Pandorabots allows wildcards in attributes (I could be wrong, though - Steve will correct me if I’m wrong, I’m sure), but there are ways to work around it.
 

 
Posted: Jun 17, 2016
   [ # 6 ]

Sadly thats not it. I removed all the wildcards and even moved the code to the same file and it still doesnt work… (Also I use wildcards like that in conditions in other places and that works just fine, as far as I know the ^ wildcard doesnt work in <li> but the * does.)
 

 
Posted: Jun 18, 2016
   [ # 7 ]

This may be a bug in Pandorabots. If you change Legislative frage1 to Legislative frage2 for the topic name, it works! As a workaround, use this:

<category>
        <pattern>FragerundeLegislative</pattern>
        <template>Sehr gut! Frage 1: Wieviele Abgeordnete sind im Nationalrat? <br></br>
        A) 200 <br></br> B) 160 <br></br> C) 120 <br></br> D) 220
        <think>
        <set name="topic">
        <set name="hilfezufrage">Legislative frage1</set>    
        </set>
        </think>
        </template>
    </category> 

Tip:

Did you know you can use <br/> instead of <br></br>? 
 

 
Posted: Jun 18, 2016
   [ # 8 ]

Ah thank you for the tip!

Yes it really seemed to be a bug because now it works just fine! But thank you both for the help!
 

 
Posted: Jun 18, 2016
   [ # 9 ]

that’s what we’re here for, Robert. Best of luck with your project, and if you have any more questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. smile
 

 
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