private static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("First silly prototype");
Console.WriteLine("\nBuild by hand");
for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++)
{
List <IWord> words = new List <IWord>();
words.Add(Literal.GetLiteral("The"));
words.Add(Literal.Space());
words.Add(Noun.RandomNoun());
words.Add(Literal.Space());
words.Add(Literal.GetLiteral("is"));
words.Add(Literal.Space());
words.Add(Adjective.RandomAdjective());
words.Add(Literal.Period());
IPhrasePattern p = new PhrasePattern(words);
Console.WriteLine(i + ": " + p.Value);
}
Console.WriteLine("\nBuild by pattern");
for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++)
{
IPhrasePattern p = new PhrasePattern("The {ADJ} {N} and the {ADJ} {ADJ} {N} were {ADJ}.");
Console.WriteLine(i + ": " + p.Value);
}
Console.WriteLine("\nBuild by pattern");
for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++)
{
IPhrasePattern p = new PhrasePattern("{ADJ} {N} + {ADJ} {N} = {ADJ} {ADJ} {N}");
Console.WriteLine(i + ": " + p.Value);
}
Console.WriteLine("\nBuild by dynamic pattern");
for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++)
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.Append("The");
for (int j = 1; j <= i; j++)
{
sb.Append(" {ADJ} {N} " + (j < i ? "and the" : ""));
}
sb.Append(" changed from {ADJ} to {ADJ} as if the {ADJ} {N} was {ADJ}.");
IPhrasePattern p = new PhrasePattern(sb.ToString());
Console.WriteLine(i + ": " + p.Value);
}
Console.WriteLine("\nDone");
Console.ReadLine();
}
/// <summary>
/// Convert string representation of pattern into a list of IWords
/// </summary>
/// <param name="pattern">String pattern</param>
/// <returns>List of IWords</returns>
protected List <IWord> ParsePattern(string pattern)
{
List <IWord> ret = new List <IWord>();
//string[] units = pattern.Split(' ');
string[] units = pattern.Split(new Char[] { ' ', '.', ',' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
for (int i = 0; i < units.Length; i++)
{
string unit = units[i];
if (unit.StartsWith("{") && unit.EndsWith("}"))
{
switch (unit)
{
case "{N}":
ret.Add(Noun.RandomNoun());
break;
case "{ADJ}":
ret.Add(Adjective.RandomAdjective());
break;
default:
ret.Add(Literal.GetLiteral(unit)); //Unable to parse unknown symbol
break;
}
}
else
{
ret.Add(Literal.GetLiteral(unit));
}
if (i < units.Length - 1)
{
ret.Add(Literal.Space()); //Add space unless this is the last unit
}
else
{
ret.Add(Literal.Period());
}
}
return(ret);
}
