# Natural Language Toolkit: Chatbots # # Copyright (C) 2001-2018 NLTK Project # Authors: Steven Bird # URL: # For license information, see LICENSE.TXT # Based on an Eliza implementation by Joe Strout , # Jeff Epler and Jez Higgins . """ A class for simple chatbots. These perform simple pattern matching on sentences typed by users, and respond with automatically generated sentences. These chatbots may not work using the windows command line or the windows IDLE GUI. """ from __future__ import print_function from nltk.chat.util import Chat from nltk.chat.eliza import eliza_chat from nltk.chat.iesha import iesha_chat from nltk.chat.rude import rude_chat from nltk.chat.suntsu import suntsu_chat from nltk.chat.zen import zen_chat bots = [ (eliza_chat, 'Eliza (psycho-babble)'), (iesha_chat, 'Iesha (teen anime junky)'), (rude_chat, 'Rude (abusive bot)'), (suntsu_chat, 'Suntsu (Chinese sayings)'), (zen_chat, 'Zen (gems of wisdom)')] def chatbots(): import sys print('Which chatbot would you like to talk to?') botcount = len(bots) for i in range(botcount): print(' %d: %s' % (i+1, bots[i][1])) while True: print('\nEnter a number in the range 1-%d: ' % botcount, end=' ') choice = sys.stdin.readline().strip() if choice.isdigit() and (int(choice) - 1) in range(botcount): break else: print(' Error: bad chatbot number') chatbot = bots[int(choice)-1][0] chatbot()