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Answering a Riddle having a conversaion

Answer the troll's riddle and see if you can make it laugh.

Add more personality.

The troll would have more personality if it had more things to say. What should it say if you try to "go" without permission? Or what should it say if you try to "hit" the troll?

Change the conversation.

The troll program is called a "chatbot". Chatbots can have all sorts of conversations, not just riddles, and some chatbots are good enough that they can fool you into thinking they are really a person. Can you make a chatbot that chats like a person?

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# This function looks at the words in your # answer and picks the troll's response. replyto = (a) -> for word in a.toLowerCase().split /\W+/ switch word when "secret" return "Right." when "money" return "I don't want your money!" when "advice" return "My advice: think again." when "who" return "I am the Bridge Troll!" when "troll" return "The troll laughs at you." when "know" return "I know the answer. Do you?" # If no words were recognized, a random # canned response is picked. return random [ "That doesn't make sense." "Guess again!" "That is not right!" ] riddle = -> write """ A troll blocks the bridge and asks: """ type """ When you don’t have me, you want me, but when you do have me, you want to give me away. What am I? """ while s isnt "Right." # Wait for an answer and reply to it. await readstr defer a s = replyto a write s do proceed proceed = -> write """ The troll steps aside, and you cross. (what happens next?) """ # start the game do riddle

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