public string[] SplitNormalize(string input)
{
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
// objects for normalization of the input
LIAM.Normalize.ApplySubstitutions substitutor = new LIAM.Normalize.ApplySubstitutions(this.process);
LIAM.Normalize.StripIllegalCharacters stripper = new LIAM.Normalize.StripIllegalCharacters(this.process);
string substitutedInput = substitutor.Transform(input);
// split the pattern into it's component words
return(substitutedInput.Split(" \r\n\t".ToCharArray()));
}
public string Normalize(string input, bool isUserInput)
{
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
// objects for normalization of the input
LIAM.Normalize.ApplySubstitutions substitutor = new LIAM.Normalize.ApplySubstitutions(this.process);
LIAM.Normalize.StripIllegalCharacters stripper = new LIAM.Normalize.StripIllegalCharacters(this.process);
string substitutedInput = substitutor.Transform(input);
// split the pattern into it's component words
string[] substitutedWords = substitutedInput.Split(" \r\n\t".ToCharArray());
// Normalize all words unless they're the AIML wildcards "*" and "_" during AIML loading
foreach (string word in substitutedWords)
{
string normalizedWord;
if (isUserInput)
{
normalizedWord = stripper.Transform(word);
}
else
{
if ((word == "*") || (word == "_"))
{
normalizedWord = word;
}
else
{
normalizedWord = stripper.Transform(word);
}
}
result.Append(normalizedWord.Trim() + " ");
}
return(result.ToString().Replace(" ", " ")); // make sure the whitespace is neat
}
