Matching fractions inside condition.

[Dietmar Janetzko]

I ran into an issue with the slash sign "/" inside condition.

I want to allow users of an AIML application to use fraction like 1/3
so that they can make probability statements.

However, a user input like "1/3" will not match with a value specification like
<li name="star" value="1/3"> inside condition. Masking the slash does
not seem to work inside condition. I ran into the same problems when I
used 1:3.

Other signs (which are in this setting not appropriate) like 1-3 work
fine. Moreover, displaying the slash sign does work in other
conditions (e.g., displayed to the user, used as a value of a normal
AIML variable).

I use <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> and ProgramE.

Any ideas?



Dietmar Janetzko
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[Dr. Rich Wallace]

Use the substitution pre-processor (normalization) to replace "/" with "
SLASH ".  Strictly speaking, the pre-processor should suppress "+" and "-"
as well.  Non-alphanumeric characters are not supposed to be in the AIML
input.

Best regards,

Rich

> I ran into an issue with the slash sign "/" inside condition.
>
> I want to allow users of an AIML application to use fraction like 1/3
> so that they can make probability statements.
>
> However, a user input like "1/3" will not match with a value specification
> like
> <li name="star" value="1/3"> inside condition. Masking the slash does
> not seem to work inside condition. I ran into the same problems when I
> used 1:3.
>
> Other signs (which are in this setting not appropriate) like 1-3 work
> fine. Moreover, displaying the slash sign does work in other
> conditions (e.g., displayed to the user, used as a value of a normal
> AIML variable).
>
> I use <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> and ProgramE.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>
> Dietmar Janetzko
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