Genesis, an AI that learns as you talk to it












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This is a programming challenge I set for myself a while back to create an AI that starts with no knowledge of anything whatsoever, and learns as you talk to it. (It can learn stuff like your name, how to say hello, goodbye, etc.)



I tried to use the least amount of hard-coded responses as possible. I'm happy that it works, but I feel like the code behind it is very clumsy and... just not very good. The program is called Genesis. Tell me what you think!



Genesis.java



package genesis;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public final class Genesis {

public static final String name = "Genesis";
public static final String version = "1.0";

public static void main(String args) {
try {
new Genesis();
} catch(IOException e) {
printError(new PrintWriter(System.err), e);
}
}

private final FileManager fm;
protected String last = null;

public Genesis() throws IOException {
log("Initializing " + toString() + "...");
log("Generating files...");
fm = new FileManager(this);
log(toString() + " started on " + System.getProperty("os.name"));
start();
stop();
}

public void stop() {
stop(0);
}

public void stop(int error) {
if(error == 0)
log(toString() + " shut down successfully!");
else
log(toString() + " shut down with error code: " + error);
if(fm != null)
fm.close();
System.exit(error);
}

public void start() {
try(BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in))) {
System.out.print("You: ");
String s = r.readLine();
if(respond(s))
start();
} catch(Throwable t) {
printError(t);
}
}

public boolean respond(String s) { //decide how and what to respond, return if we should keep the program alive
if(s.trim().equals(""))
return true; //nothing to do, but keep the program alive
String response = "";
if(last == null) { //first message must always be a greeting
boolean newg = true;
for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.GREETING)) {
if(transform(s).equalsIgnoreCase(transform(r)))
newg = false; //if this is a greeting that we know about, we dont need to store it again
}
if(newg) //store a new greeting for use in another session (or this one)
fm.setResponse(ResponseType.GREETING, removeEndPunc(s));
//give a greeting back!
System.out.println(response = (name + ": " + format(fm.getResponses(ResponseType.GREETING).get((int) (System.nanoTime() % fm.getResponses(ResponseType.GREETING).size())))));
} else {
boolean notg = true;
for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.GREETING)) { //check if THE LAST MESSAGE is another greeting
if(transform(last).equalsIgnoreCase(transform(r)))
notg = false;
}
boolean notf = true;
for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.FAREWELL)) { //check if they're saying a known farewell
if(transform(s).equalsIgnoreCase(transform(r)))
notf = false;
}
if((!notf || s.equalsIgnoreCase("exit")) && notg) { //if they're doing a farewell or saying "exit", and THE LAST MESSAGE is not a greeting
boolean newf = true;
for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.FAREWELL)) { //check if it's a new farewell
if(transform(last).equalsIgnoreCase(transform(r)))
newf = false;
}
if(newf) //if it's new, store it for another session (or this one)
fm.setResponse(ResponseType.FAREWELL, removeEndPunc(last));
//say bye back
System.out.println(response = (name + ": " + format(fm.getResponses(ResponseType.FAREWELL).get((int) (System.nanoTime() % fm.getResponses(ResponseType.FAREWELL).size())))));
return false; //exit the loop
}
}

boolean containsLaugh = false;
for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.LAUGH)) { //are they laughing?
if(s.matches(".*?\b" + r + "\b.*?"))
containsLaugh = true;
}
boolean laughIfPossible = false;
int laugh = 0;
for(char c : s.toCharArray()) { //very bad laugh detection: >50% h's or l's
if(c == 'h' || c == 'l')
laugh++;
}
if(laugh > s.toCharArray().length / 2) { //if >50% h's or l's
boolean newl = true;
for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.LAUGH)) { //is this a laugh we know?
if(transform(s).equalsIgnoreCase(transform(r)))
newl = false;
}
if(newl) //if it's new, save it for later
fm.setResponse(ResponseType.LAUGH, removeEndPunc(s));
laughIfPossible = true; //if there's nothing else to say later, laugh
}

if(!containsLaugh) { //if super serious business mode is on
String set = s.split("(\s+is\s+|\'s\s+)"); //regex: split for every "is" or 's ('s as in contraction for is)
try { //if it's math, solve it
System.out.println(response = (name + ": " + solve(transform(set[1]).trim())));
} catch(Throwable t) { //it's not math
String ek = transform(set[0]).toLowerCase(); //get the first part of the phrase
if(ek.contains("what")) { //user is asking for information
String k = transform(reversePerson(join(set, "is", 1).toLowerCase())); //get the object to look up
for(String values : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.VALUE)) {
if(transform(values.split("§=§")[0]).trim().equalsIgnoreCase(k)) //if we know the information, tell the user
response = name + ": " + cap(k) + " is " + values.split("§=§")[1].trim() + punc();
}
if(!response.equals("")) //only respond if we have something useful to say
System.out.println(response);
} else if(s.contains(" is ")) { //the user is telling us information
String k = reversePerson(s.split(" is ")[0].toLowerCase().trim()); //the key to store
String v = join(s.split(" is "), "is", 1).toLowerCase().trim(); //the value to store for the key
fm.setResponse(ResponseType.VALUE, k + "§=§" + reversePerson(removeEndPunc(v))); //store the key and value
System.out.println(response = (name + ": " + cap(k) + " is " + removeEndPunc(v) + punc())); //tell the user about our new information
}
}
}
if(response.trim().equals("") && (laughIfPossible || containsLaugh)) //if we have nothing else to say, but we can laugh, laugh
System.out.println(response = (name + ": " + cap(fm.getResponses(ResponseType.LAUGH).get((int) (System.nanoTime() % fm.getResponses(ResponseType.LAUGH).size()))))); //say a random laugh
fm.log("You: " + s); //log what the user said
fm.log(name + ": " + (response.replace(name + ": ", ""))); //log our response, make sure to include the name even if we didn't earlier
last = s; //set the new last message
return true; //keep the program alive
}

private static String join(String set, String medium, int offset) { //join an array together with a specified string in between starting at a specified offset
String s = set[offset];
int i = 0;
for(String part : set) {
if(i > offset)
s = s + " " + medium + " " + part;
i++;
}
return s;
}

private static String reversePerson(String s) { //reverse between 1st and 3rd person, so Genesis makes sense
return s.replaceAll("\byour\b", "§§m§§y§§").replaceAll("\byou\b", "§§m§§e§§").replaceAll("\bme\b", "you").replaceAll("\bmy\b", "your").replaceAll("\byours\b", "§§mi§§ne§§").replaceAll("\bmine\b", "yours").replace("§§", "").trim();
}

public static double solve(String c) { //solve math expressions
Pattern p = Pattern.compile("(\d+|\d+\.\d+)\s*(\+|\-|\*|\/|\%|\|)\s*(\d+|\d+\.\d+).*"); //<number> <+-*/%|> <number>
Matcher m = p.matcher(c);
if(m.matches()) { //if this is a correct math expression
Double d1 = Double.parseDouble(m.group(1));
Double d2 = Double.parseDouble(m.group(3));
while(c.contains("+") || c.contains("-") || c.contains("*") || c.contains("/") || c.contains("%") || c.contains("|")) { //checking for valid operations
c = c.replaceAll("(\d)\.0(\D)", "$1$2"); //replace all x.0 with just x (it looks better)
m = p.matcher(c);
if(!m.matches()) //this SHOULD match
throw new ArithmeticException();
switch(m.group(2)) { //check the operation symbol and do math
default:
break;
case "+":
c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*\+\s*[" + d2 + "]", (d1 + d2) + "");
break;
case "-":
c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*\-\s*[" + d2 + "]", (d1 - d2) + "");
break;
case "*":
c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*\*\s*[" + d2 + "]", (d1 * d2) + "");
break;
case "/":
c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*\/\s*[" + d2 + "]", (d1 / d2) + "");
break;
case "%":
c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*%\s*[" + d2 + "]", (d1 % d2) + "");
break;
case "|":
c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*\|\s*[" + d2 + "]", (Integer.parseInt((d1 + "").replace(".0", "")) | Integer.parseInt((d2 + "").replace(".0", ""))) + "");
break;
}
}
} //else, maybe it's just a number (return the number)... or maybe it's not even math - if it is, return the parsed answer
return Double.parseDouble(c);
}

private static String transform(String s) { //transform a string into something the program can read
return s.toLowerCase().replace("?", "").replace(".", "").replace("!", "").replace(",", "").replace("_", "").replace("~", "").replace("`", "").replace("'", "").replace(""", "").replace(""", "").replace("\", "").replace(":", "").replace(";", "").replace("the", " ").replace("teh", " ").replace("how do", "how can").replace("re", "").replace(" a ", " ").replace("is", "").replace("has", "").replace("get to", "go to").replaceAll("\Bs\b", "").replaceAll(" {2}?", "").trim();
}

private static String removeEndPunc(String s) {
return s.replaceAll("[!\.\?]+$", ""); //remove all !'s .'s and ?'s from the end of a string
}

private static String format(String s) { //add random punctuation, and capitalize the first character
return cap(s) + punc();
}

private static String cap(String s) { //capitalize the first letter of a given string
String r = s.toUpperCase();
if(r.length() > 1)
r = s.replaceFirst(s.substring(0, 1), s.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase());
return r;
}

private static char punc() { //return random punctuation
switch((int) System.nanoTime() % 5) {
default:
case 0:
case 1:
case 2:
case 3:
return '.';
case 4:
return '!';
}
}

public FileManager getFileManager() {
return fm;
}

public void printError(Throwable t) {
printError(System.err, t);
if(fm != null)
printError(fm.getLogStream(), t);
stop(1);
}

private static void printError(Object output, Throwable t) {
PrintWriterStream out;
if(output instanceof PrintWriter)
out = new PrintWriterStream((PrintWriter) output);
else if(output instanceof PrintStream)
out = new PrintWriterStream((PrintStream) output);
else
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Output must be of type PrintWriter or PrintStream");
out.println();
out.println("A fatal error occurred: " + t.toString());
out.println();
out.println("-----=[General Stack Trace]=-----");
for(StackTraceElement s : t.getStackTrace())
//print the throwable's stack trace
out.println(s.getClassName() + "." + s.getMethodName() + "() on line " + s.getLineNumber());
out.println("-----=[" + name + " Stack Trace]=-----");
out.println();
out.println("-----=[" + name + " Stack Trace]=-----");
boolean fault = false;
for(StackTraceElement s : t.getStackTrace()) { //filter out the stack trace for only Genesis
if(s.getClassName().startsWith("genesis")) {
out.println(s.getClassName() + "." + s.getMethodName() + "() on line " + s.getLineNumber());
fault = true;
}
}
if(!fault) //if it's not our fault, tell the user
out.println("This doesn't look like a problem relating to " + name + ". Check the above general stack trace.");
out.println("-----=[Genesis Stack Trace]=-----");
out.println();
out.println("-----=[Remote Stack Trace]=-----");
fault = false;
for(StackTraceElement s : t.getStackTrace()) { //filter out the stack trace for only outside Genesis
if(!s.getClassName().startsWith("genesis")) {
out.println(s.getClassName() + "." + s.getMethodName() + "() on line " + s.getLineNumber());
fault = true;
}
}
if(!fault) //if it's not their fault, tell the user
out.println("This doesn't look like a problem with anything outside " + name + ". Check the above " + name + " stack trace.");
out.println("-----=[Remote Stack Trace]=-----");
out.println();
}

public void log(String message) {
log(System.out, message);
}

public void log(PrintStream out, String message) {
FileManager.log(out, message);
if(fm != null)
fm.log(message);
}

public String toString() {
return name + " v" + version;
}

static class PrintWriterStream { //super hacky way of combining a PrintWriter and a PrintStream

private PrintWriter w;
private PrintStream s;

PrintWriterStream(PrintWriter w) { //support for PrintWriter
if(w == null)
throw new NullPointerException();
this.w = w;
}

PrintWriterStream(PrintStream s) { //support for PrintStream
if(s == null)
throw new NullPointerException();
this.s = s;
}

void println() {
if(w == null && s != null)
s.println();
else if(s == null && w != null)
w.println();
else
throw new NullPointerException("No valid output");
}

void println(String x) {
if(w == null && s != null)
s.println(x);
else if(s == null && w != null)
w.println(x);
else
throw new NullPointerException("No valid output");
}

public void flush() {
if(w == null && s != null)
s.flush();
else if(s == null && w != null)
w.flush();
else
throw new NullPointerException("No valid output");
}
}

}


FileManager.java



package genesis;

import genesis.Genesis.PrintWriterStream;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;

public final class FileManager {

private final Genesis g;
public static final String folderPath = "Genesis/";
private final File folder = new File(folderPath);
private final File log = new File(folderPath + "log.txt");
private final File resp = new File(folderPath + "responses.txt");
private final PrintWriter lout;
private final PrintWriter rout;

public FileManager(Genesis g) throws IOException {
this.g = g;
folder.mkdirs(); //make the Genesis folder if it doesn't exist
checkFiles(); //make the files
lout = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(log, true));
rout = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(resp, true));
}

private void checkFiles() { //create new log and response files if they don't exist
try {
if (!log.exists())
log.createNewFile();
if (!resp.exists())
resp.createNewFile();
} catch (IOException e) {
g.printError(e);
}
}

public Genesis getGenesis() {
return g;
}

public File getFolder() {
return folder;
}

public File getLog() {
return log;
}

public File getResponsesFile() {
return resp;
}

public HashMap<ResponseType, List<String>> getResponses() { //get a hashmap of all responsetypes and responses for that type in list form
checkFiles(); //make sure our files exist first
HashMap<ResponseType, List<String>> res = new HashMap<ResponseType, List<String>>();
if (resp.length() == 0) //if we don't have anything, don't return anything
return res;
try (BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(resp))) {
String line;
while ((line = r.readLine()) != null) {
for (ResponseType rt : ResponseType.values()) {
if (line.split("�")[0].equalsIgnoreCase(rt.name())) { //I could use a different character... but it kept changing back when I moved the project between computers
String response = "";
for (int i = 1; i < line.split("�").length; i++)
response = line.split("�")[i].trim();
if (res.get(rt) == null) {
List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
list.add(response);
res.put(rt, list);
} else
res.get(rt).add(response);
}
}
}
} catch (IOException e) {
g.printError(e);
}
return res;
}

public List<String> getResponses(ResponseType rt) { //get all the responses in list form for a certain response type
checkFiles();
List<String> res = new ArrayList<String>();
if (resp.length() == 0)
return res;
try (BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(resp))) {
String line;
while ((line = r.readLine()) != null) {
if (line.split("�")[0].equalsIgnoreCase(rt.name()))
res.add(line.split("�")[1].trim());
}
} catch (Throwable t) {
g.printError(t);
}
return res;
}

public void setResponse(ResponseType type, String response) { //set a response for a certain type
response = response.trim();
try (BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(resp))) {
String s;
while ((s = r.readLine()) != null) {
if (s.equals(type.toString() + "� " + response))
return;
}
rout.println(type.toString() + "� " + response);
rout.flush();
} catch (Throwable t) {
g.printError(t);
}
}

public void log(String message) {
log(lout, message);
}

public static void log(Object output, String message) {
PrintWriterStream out;
if(output instanceof PrintWriter)
out = new PrintWriterStream((PrintWriter) output);
else if(output instanceof PrintStream)
out = new PrintWriterStream((PrintStream) output);
else
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Output must be of type PrintWriter or PrintStream");
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
String hour = c.get(Calendar.HOUR) + "";
String minute = c.get(Calendar.MINUTE) + "";
String second = c.get(Calendar.SECOND) + "";
int ampm = c.get(Calendar.AM_PM);

if(Integer.parseInt(hour) < 10) //keep the hours minutes and seconds 2 digits
hour = "0" + hour;
if(Integer.parseInt(minute) < 10)
minute = "0" + minute;
if(Integer.parseInt(second) < 10)
second = "0" + second;

String timestamp = "[" + hour + ":" + minute + ":" + second + ":" + (ampm == 0 ? "AM" : "PM") + "]";

out.println(timestamp + ": " + message);
out.flush();
}

public PrintWriter getLogStream() {
return lout;
}

public PrintWriter getResponseStream() {
return rout;
}

public void close() { //close the log and response file streams
lout.close();
rout.close();
}

}


ResponseType.java



package genesis;

public enum ResponseType {

GREETING, FAREWELL, VALUE, LAUGH;

public String toString() {
return name().toLowerCase().replaceFirst(name().substring(0, 1).toLowerCase(), name().substring(0, 1).toUpperCase());
}

public static ResponseType getResponseType(String name) {
for (ResponseType r : values()) {
if(r.name().equalsIgnoreCase(name))
return r;
}
return null;
}

}


As a side note, you can compile this code yourself and export it as a runnable JAR file. It creates a folder called Genesis wherever the JAR is, which consists of a log.txt file and a responses.txt file. Log file is what you think it is, and responses file is for use by Genesis, so it knows how to respond to you over time.



Rules for talking to it correctly are as follows:




  • First message must be a greeting (hello/hi/etc)

  • Last message must be a farewell (goodbye/bye/etc)

  • After your farewell, type "exit" to exit the program correctly










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    This is a programming challenge I set for myself a while back to create an AI that starts with no knowledge of anything whatsoever, and learns as you talk to it. (It can learn stuff like your name, how to say hello, goodbye, etc.)



    I tried to use the least amount of hard-coded responses as possible. I'm happy that it works, but I feel like the code behind it is very clumsy and... just not very good. The program is called Genesis. Tell me what you think!



    Genesis.java



    package genesis;

    import java.io.BufferedReader;
    import java.io.IOException;
    import java.io.InputStreamReader;
    import java.io.PrintStream;
    import java.io.PrintWriter;
    import java.util.regex.Matcher;
    import java.util.regex.Pattern;

    public final class Genesis {

    public static final String name = "Genesis";
    public static final String version = "1.0";

    public static void main(String args) {
    try {
    new Genesis();
    } catch(IOException e) {
    printError(new PrintWriter(System.err), e);
    }
    }

    private final FileManager fm;
    protected String last = null;

    public Genesis() throws IOException {
    log("Initializing " + toString() + "...");
    log("Generating files...");
    fm = new FileManager(this);
    log(toString() + " started on " + System.getProperty("os.name"));
    start();
    stop();
    }

    public void stop() {
    stop(0);
    }

    public void stop(int error) {
    if(error == 0)
    log(toString() + " shut down successfully!");
    else
    log(toString() + " shut down with error code: " + error);
    if(fm != null)
    fm.close();
    System.exit(error);
    }

    public void start() {
    try(BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in))) {
    System.out.print("You: ");
    String s = r.readLine();
    if(respond(s))
    start();
    } catch(Throwable t) {
    printError(t);
    }
    }

    public boolean respond(String s) { //decide how and what to respond, return if we should keep the program alive
    if(s.trim().equals(""))
    return true; //nothing to do, but keep the program alive
    String response = "";
    if(last == null) { //first message must always be a greeting
    boolean newg = true;
    for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.GREETING)) {
    if(transform(s).equalsIgnoreCase(transform(r)))
    newg = false; //if this is a greeting that we know about, we dont need to store it again
    }
    if(newg) //store a new greeting for use in another session (or this one)
    fm.setResponse(ResponseType.GREETING, removeEndPunc(s));
    //give a greeting back!
    System.out.println(response = (name + ": " + format(fm.getResponses(ResponseType.GREETING).get((int) (System.nanoTime() % fm.getResponses(ResponseType.GREETING).size())))));
    } else {
    boolean notg = true;
    for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.GREETING)) { //check if THE LAST MESSAGE is another greeting
    if(transform(last).equalsIgnoreCase(transform(r)))
    notg = false;
    }
    boolean notf = true;
    for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.FAREWELL)) { //check if they're saying a known farewell
    if(transform(s).equalsIgnoreCase(transform(r)))
    notf = false;
    }
    if((!notf || s.equalsIgnoreCase("exit")) && notg) { //if they're doing a farewell or saying "exit", and THE LAST MESSAGE is not a greeting
    boolean newf = true;
    for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.FAREWELL)) { //check if it's a new farewell
    if(transform(last).equalsIgnoreCase(transform(r)))
    newf = false;
    }
    if(newf) //if it's new, store it for another session (or this one)
    fm.setResponse(ResponseType.FAREWELL, removeEndPunc(last));
    //say bye back
    System.out.println(response = (name + ": " + format(fm.getResponses(ResponseType.FAREWELL).get((int) (System.nanoTime() % fm.getResponses(ResponseType.FAREWELL).size())))));
    return false; //exit the loop
    }
    }

    boolean containsLaugh = false;
    for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.LAUGH)) { //are they laughing?
    if(s.matches(".*?\b" + r + "\b.*?"))
    containsLaugh = true;
    }
    boolean laughIfPossible = false;
    int laugh = 0;
    for(char c : s.toCharArray()) { //very bad laugh detection: >50% h's or l's
    if(c == 'h' || c == 'l')
    laugh++;
    }
    if(laugh > s.toCharArray().length / 2) { //if >50% h's or l's
    boolean newl = true;
    for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.LAUGH)) { //is this a laugh we know?
    if(transform(s).equalsIgnoreCase(transform(r)))
    newl = false;
    }
    if(newl) //if it's new, save it for later
    fm.setResponse(ResponseType.LAUGH, removeEndPunc(s));
    laughIfPossible = true; //if there's nothing else to say later, laugh
    }

    if(!containsLaugh) { //if super serious business mode is on
    String set = s.split("(\s+is\s+|\'s\s+)"); //regex: split for every "is" or 's ('s as in contraction for is)
    try { //if it's math, solve it
    System.out.println(response = (name + ": " + solve(transform(set[1]).trim())));
    } catch(Throwable t) { //it's not math
    String ek = transform(set[0]).toLowerCase(); //get the first part of the phrase
    if(ek.contains("what")) { //user is asking for information
    String k = transform(reversePerson(join(set, "is", 1).toLowerCase())); //get the object to look up
    for(String values : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.VALUE)) {
    if(transform(values.split("§=§")[0]).trim().equalsIgnoreCase(k)) //if we know the information, tell the user
    response = name + ": " + cap(k) + " is " + values.split("§=§")[1].trim() + punc();
    }
    if(!response.equals("")) //only respond if we have something useful to say
    System.out.println(response);
    } else if(s.contains(" is ")) { //the user is telling us information
    String k = reversePerson(s.split(" is ")[0].toLowerCase().trim()); //the key to store
    String v = join(s.split(" is "), "is", 1).toLowerCase().trim(); //the value to store for the key
    fm.setResponse(ResponseType.VALUE, k + "§=§" + reversePerson(removeEndPunc(v))); //store the key and value
    System.out.println(response = (name + ": " + cap(k) + " is " + removeEndPunc(v) + punc())); //tell the user about our new information
    }
    }
    }
    if(response.trim().equals("") && (laughIfPossible || containsLaugh)) //if we have nothing else to say, but we can laugh, laugh
    System.out.println(response = (name + ": " + cap(fm.getResponses(ResponseType.LAUGH).get((int) (System.nanoTime() % fm.getResponses(ResponseType.LAUGH).size()))))); //say a random laugh
    fm.log("You: " + s); //log what the user said
    fm.log(name + ": " + (response.replace(name + ": ", ""))); //log our response, make sure to include the name even if we didn't earlier
    last = s; //set the new last message
    return true; //keep the program alive
    }

    private static String join(String set, String medium, int offset) { //join an array together with a specified string in between starting at a specified offset
    String s = set[offset];
    int i = 0;
    for(String part : set) {
    if(i > offset)
    s = s + " " + medium + " " + part;
    i++;
    }
    return s;
    }

    private static String reversePerson(String s) { //reverse between 1st and 3rd person, so Genesis makes sense
    return s.replaceAll("\byour\b", "§§m§§y§§").replaceAll("\byou\b", "§§m§§e§§").replaceAll("\bme\b", "you").replaceAll("\bmy\b", "your").replaceAll("\byours\b", "§§mi§§ne§§").replaceAll("\bmine\b", "yours").replace("§§", "").trim();
    }

    public static double solve(String c) { //solve math expressions
    Pattern p = Pattern.compile("(\d+|\d+\.\d+)\s*(\+|\-|\*|\/|\%|\|)\s*(\d+|\d+\.\d+).*"); //<number> <+-*/%|> <number>
    Matcher m = p.matcher(c);
    if(m.matches()) { //if this is a correct math expression
    Double d1 = Double.parseDouble(m.group(1));
    Double d2 = Double.parseDouble(m.group(3));
    while(c.contains("+") || c.contains("-") || c.contains("*") || c.contains("/") || c.contains("%") || c.contains("|")) { //checking for valid operations
    c = c.replaceAll("(\d)\.0(\D)", "$1$2"); //replace all x.0 with just x (it looks better)
    m = p.matcher(c);
    if(!m.matches()) //this SHOULD match
    throw new ArithmeticException();
    switch(m.group(2)) { //check the operation symbol and do math
    default:
    break;
    case "+":
    c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*\+\s*[" + d2 + "]", (d1 + d2) + "");
    break;
    case "-":
    c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*\-\s*[" + d2 + "]", (d1 - d2) + "");
    break;
    case "*":
    c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*\*\s*[" + d2 + "]", (d1 * d2) + "");
    break;
    case "/":
    c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*\/\s*[" + d2 + "]", (d1 / d2) + "");
    break;
    case "%":
    c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*%\s*[" + d2 + "]", (d1 % d2) + "");
    break;
    case "|":
    c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*\|\s*[" + d2 + "]", (Integer.parseInt((d1 + "").replace(".0", "")) | Integer.parseInt((d2 + "").replace(".0", ""))) + "");
    break;
    }
    }
    } //else, maybe it's just a number (return the number)... or maybe it's not even math - if it is, return the parsed answer
    return Double.parseDouble(c);
    }

    private static String transform(String s) { //transform a string into something the program can read
    return s.toLowerCase().replace("?", "").replace(".", "").replace("!", "").replace(",", "").replace("_", "").replace("~", "").replace("`", "").replace("'", "").replace(""", "").replace(""", "").replace("\", "").replace(":", "").replace(";", "").replace("the", " ").replace("teh", " ").replace("how do", "how can").replace("re", "").replace(" a ", " ").replace("is", "").replace("has", "").replace("get to", "go to").replaceAll("\Bs\b", "").replaceAll(" {2}?", "").trim();
    }

    private static String removeEndPunc(String s) {
    return s.replaceAll("[!\.\?]+$", ""); //remove all !'s .'s and ?'s from the end of a string
    }

    private static String format(String s) { //add random punctuation, and capitalize the first character
    return cap(s) + punc();
    }

    private static String cap(String s) { //capitalize the first letter of a given string
    String r = s.toUpperCase();
    if(r.length() > 1)
    r = s.replaceFirst(s.substring(0, 1), s.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase());
    return r;
    }

    private static char punc() { //return random punctuation
    switch((int) System.nanoTime() % 5) {
    default:
    case 0:
    case 1:
    case 2:
    case 3:
    return '.';
    case 4:
    return '!';
    }
    }

    public FileManager getFileManager() {
    return fm;
    }

    public void printError(Throwable t) {
    printError(System.err, t);
    if(fm != null)
    printError(fm.getLogStream(), t);
    stop(1);
    }

    private static void printError(Object output, Throwable t) {
    PrintWriterStream out;
    if(output instanceof PrintWriter)
    out = new PrintWriterStream((PrintWriter) output);
    else if(output instanceof PrintStream)
    out = new PrintWriterStream((PrintStream) output);
    else
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Output must be of type PrintWriter or PrintStream");
    out.println();
    out.println("A fatal error occurred: " + t.toString());
    out.println();
    out.println("-----=[General Stack Trace]=-----");
    for(StackTraceElement s : t.getStackTrace())
    //print the throwable's stack trace
    out.println(s.getClassName() + "." + s.getMethodName() + "() on line " + s.getLineNumber());
    out.println("-----=[" + name + " Stack Trace]=-----");
    out.println();
    out.println("-----=[" + name + " Stack Trace]=-----");
    boolean fault = false;
    for(StackTraceElement s : t.getStackTrace()) { //filter out the stack trace for only Genesis
    if(s.getClassName().startsWith("genesis")) {
    out.println(s.getClassName() + "." + s.getMethodName() + "() on line " + s.getLineNumber());
    fault = true;
    }
    }
    if(!fault) //if it's not our fault, tell the user
    out.println("This doesn't look like a problem relating to " + name + ". Check the above general stack trace.");
    out.println("-----=[Genesis Stack Trace]=-----");
    out.println();
    out.println("-----=[Remote Stack Trace]=-----");
    fault = false;
    for(StackTraceElement s : t.getStackTrace()) { //filter out the stack trace for only outside Genesis
    if(!s.getClassName().startsWith("genesis")) {
    out.println(s.getClassName() + "." + s.getMethodName() + "() on line " + s.getLineNumber());
    fault = true;
    }
    }
    if(!fault) //if it's not their fault, tell the user
    out.println("This doesn't look like a problem with anything outside " + name + ". Check the above " + name + " stack trace.");
    out.println("-----=[Remote Stack Trace]=-----");
    out.println();
    }

    public void log(String message) {
    log(System.out, message);
    }

    public void log(PrintStream out, String message) {
    FileManager.log(out, message);
    if(fm != null)
    fm.log(message);
    }

    public String toString() {
    return name + " v" + version;
    }

    static class PrintWriterStream { //super hacky way of combining a PrintWriter and a PrintStream

    private PrintWriter w;
    private PrintStream s;

    PrintWriterStream(PrintWriter w) { //support for PrintWriter
    if(w == null)
    throw new NullPointerException();
    this.w = w;
    }

    PrintWriterStream(PrintStream s) { //support for PrintStream
    if(s == null)
    throw new NullPointerException();
    this.s = s;
    }

    void println() {
    if(w == null && s != null)
    s.println();
    else if(s == null && w != null)
    w.println();
    else
    throw new NullPointerException("No valid output");
    }

    void println(String x) {
    if(w == null && s != null)
    s.println(x);
    else if(s == null && w != null)
    w.println(x);
    else
    throw new NullPointerException("No valid output");
    }

    public void flush() {
    if(w == null && s != null)
    s.flush();
    else if(s == null && w != null)
    w.flush();
    else
    throw new NullPointerException("No valid output");
    }
    }

    }


    FileManager.java



    package genesis;

    import genesis.Genesis.PrintWriterStream;

    import java.io.BufferedReader;
    import java.io.File;
    import java.io.FileReader;
    import java.io.FileWriter;
    import java.io.IOException;
    import java.io.PrintStream;
    import java.io.PrintWriter;
    import java.util.ArrayList;
    import java.util.Calendar;
    import java.util.HashMap;
    import java.util.List;

    public final class FileManager {

    private final Genesis g;
    public static final String folderPath = "Genesis/";
    private final File folder = new File(folderPath);
    private final File log = new File(folderPath + "log.txt");
    private final File resp = new File(folderPath + "responses.txt");
    private final PrintWriter lout;
    private final PrintWriter rout;

    public FileManager(Genesis g) throws IOException {
    this.g = g;
    folder.mkdirs(); //make the Genesis folder if it doesn't exist
    checkFiles(); //make the files
    lout = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(log, true));
    rout = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(resp, true));
    }

    private void checkFiles() { //create new log and response files if they don't exist
    try {
    if (!log.exists())
    log.createNewFile();
    if (!resp.exists())
    resp.createNewFile();
    } catch (IOException e) {
    g.printError(e);
    }
    }

    public Genesis getGenesis() {
    return g;
    }

    public File getFolder() {
    return folder;
    }

    public File getLog() {
    return log;
    }

    public File getResponsesFile() {
    return resp;
    }

    public HashMap<ResponseType, List<String>> getResponses() { //get a hashmap of all responsetypes and responses for that type in list form
    checkFiles(); //make sure our files exist first
    HashMap<ResponseType, List<String>> res = new HashMap<ResponseType, List<String>>();
    if (resp.length() == 0) //if we don't have anything, don't return anything
    return res;
    try (BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(resp))) {
    String line;
    while ((line = r.readLine()) != null) {
    for (ResponseType rt : ResponseType.values()) {
    if (line.split("�")[0].equalsIgnoreCase(rt.name())) { //I could use a different character... but it kept changing back when I moved the project between computers
    String response = "";
    for (int i = 1; i < line.split("�").length; i++)
    response = line.split("�")[i].trim();
    if (res.get(rt) == null) {
    List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
    list.add(response);
    res.put(rt, list);
    } else
    res.get(rt).add(response);
    }
    }
    }
    } catch (IOException e) {
    g.printError(e);
    }
    return res;
    }

    public List<String> getResponses(ResponseType rt) { //get all the responses in list form for a certain response type
    checkFiles();
    List<String> res = new ArrayList<String>();
    if (resp.length() == 0)
    return res;
    try (BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(resp))) {
    String line;
    while ((line = r.readLine()) != null) {
    if (line.split("�")[0].equalsIgnoreCase(rt.name()))
    res.add(line.split("�")[1].trim());
    }
    } catch (Throwable t) {
    g.printError(t);
    }
    return res;
    }

    public void setResponse(ResponseType type, String response) { //set a response for a certain type
    response = response.trim();
    try (BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(resp))) {
    String s;
    while ((s = r.readLine()) != null) {
    if (s.equals(type.toString() + "� " + response))
    return;
    }
    rout.println(type.toString() + "� " + response);
    rout.flush();
    } catch (Throwable t) {
    g.printError(t);
    }
    }

    public void log(String message) {
    log(lout, message);
    }

    public static void log(Object output, String message) {
    PrintWriterStream out;
    if(output instanceof PrintWriter)
    out = new PrintWriterStream((PrintWriter) output);
    else if(output instanceof PrintStream)
    out = new PrintWriterStream((PrintStream) output);
    else
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Output must be of type PrintWriter or PrintStream");
    Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
    String hour = c.get(Calendar.HOUR) + "";
    String minute = c.get(Calendar.MINUTE) + "";
    String second = c.get(Calendar.SECOND) + "";
    int ampm = c.get(Calendar.AM_PM);

    if(Integer.parseInt(hour) < 10) //keep the hours minutes and seconds 2 digits
    hour = "0" + hour;
    if(Integer.parseInt(minute) < 10)
    minute = "0" + minute;
    if(Integer.parseInt(second) < 10)
    second = "0" + second;

    String timestamp = "[" + hour + ":" + minute + ":" + second + ":" + (ampm == 0 ? "AM" : "PM") + "]";

    out.println(timestamp + ": " + message);
    out.flush();
    }

    public PrintWriter getLogStream() {
    return lout;
    }

    public PrintWriter getResponseStream() {
    return rout;
    }

    public void close() { //close the log and response file streams
    lout.close();
    rout.close();
    }

    }


    ResponseType.java



    package genesis;

    public enum ResponseType {

    GREETING, FAREWELL, VALUE, LAUGH;

    public String toString() {
    return name().toLowerCase().replaceFirst(name().substring(0, 1).toLowerCase(), name().substring(0, 1).toUpperCase());
    }

    public static ResponseType getResponseType(String name) {
    for (ResponseType r : values()) {
    if(r.name().equalsIgnoreCase(name))
    return r;
    }
    return null;
    }

    }


    As a side note, you can compile this code yourself and export it as a runnable JAR file. It creates a folder called Genesis wherever the JAR is, which consists of a log.txt file and a responses.txt file. Log file is what you think it is, and responses file is for use by Genesis, so it knows how to respond to you over time.



    Rules for talking to it correctly are as follows:




    • First message must be a greeting (hello/hi/etc)

    • Last message must be a farewell (goodbye/bye/etc)

    • After your farewell, type "exit" to exit the program correctly










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      This is a programming challenge I set for myself a while back to create an AI that starts with no knowledge of anything whatsoever, and learns as you talk to it. (It can learn stuff like your name, how to say hello, goodbye, etc.)



      I tried to use the least amount of hard-coded responses as possible. I'm happy that it works, but I feel like the code behind it is very clumsy and... just not very good. The program is called Genesis. Tell me what you think!



      Genesis.java



      package genesis;

      import java.io.BufferedReader;
      import java.io.IOException;
      import java.io.InputStreamReader;
      import java.io.PrintStream;
      import java.io.PrintWriter;
      import java.util.regex.Matcher;
      import java.util.regex.Pattern;

      public final class Genesis {

      public static final String name = "Genesis";
      public static final String version = "1.0";

      public static void main(String args) {
      try {
      new Genesis();
      } catch(IOException e) {
      printError(new PrintWriter(System.err), e);
      }
      }

      private final FileManager fm;
      protected String last = null;

      public Genesis() throws IOException {
      log("Initializing " + toString() + "...");
      log("Generating files...");
      fm = new FileManager(this);
      log(toString() + " started on " + System.getProperty("os.name"));
      start();
      stop();
      }

      public void stop() {
      stop(0);
      }

      public void stop(int error) {
      if(error == 0)
      log(toString() + " shut down successfully!");
      else
      log(toString() + " shut down with error code: " + error);
      if(fm != null)
      fm.close();
      System.exit(error);
      }

      public void start() {
      try(BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in))) {
      System.out.print("You: ");
      String s = r.readLine();
      if(respond(s))
      start();
      } catch(Throwable t) {
      printError(t);
      }
      }

      public boolean respond(String s) { //decide how and what to respond, return if we should keep the program alive
      if(s.trim().equals(""))
      return true; //nothing to do, but keep the program alive
      String response = "";
      if(last == null) { //first message must always be a greeting
      boolean newg = true;
      for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.GREETING)) {
      if(transform(s).equalsIgnoreCase(transform(r)))
      newg = false; //if this is a greeting that we know about, we dont need to store it again
      }
      if(newg) //store a new greeting for use in another session (or this one)
      fm.setResponse(ResponseType.GREETING, removeEndPunc(s));
      //give a greeting back!
      System.out.println(response = (name + ": " + format(fm.getResponses(ResponseType.GREETING).get((int) (System.nanoTime() % fm.getResponses(ResponseType.GREETING).size())))));
      } else {
      boolean notg = true;
      for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.GREETING)) { //check if THE LAST MESSAGE is another greeting
      if(transform(last).equalsIgnoreCase(transform(r)))
      notg = false;
      }
      boolean notf = true;
      for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.FAREWELL)) { //check if they're saying a known farewell
      if(transform(s).equalsIgnoreCase(transform(r)))
      notf = false;
      }
      if((!notf || s.equalsIgnoreCase("exit")) && notg) { //if they're doing a farewell or saying "exit", and THE LAST MESSAGE is not a greeting
      boolean newf = true;
      for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.FAREWELL)) { //check if it's a new farewell
      if(transform(last).equalsIgnoreCase(transform(r)))
      newf = false;
      }
      if(newf) //if it's new, store it for another session (or this one)
      fm.setResponse(ResponseType.FAREWELL, removeEndPunc(last));
      //say bye back
      System.out.println(response = (name + ": " + format(fm.getResponses(ResponseType.FAREWELL).get((int) (System.nanoTime() % fm.getResponses(ResponseType.FAREWELL).size())))));
      return false; //exit the loop
      }
      }

      boolean containsLaugh = false;
      for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.LAUGH)) { //are they laughing?
      if(s.matches(".*?\b" + r + "\b.*?"))
      containsLaugh = true;
      }
      boolean laughIfPossible = false;
      int laugh = 0;
      for(char c : s.toCharArray()) { //very bad laugh detection: >50% h's or l's
      if(c == 'h' || c == 'l')
      laugh++;
      }
      if(laugh > s.toCharArray().length / 2) { //if >50% h's or l's
      boolean newl = true;
      for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.LAUGH)) { //is this a laugh we know?
      if(transform(s).equalsIgnoreCase(transform(r)))
      newl = false;
      }
      if(newl) //if it's new, save it for later
      fm.setResponse(ResponseType.LAUGH, removeEndPunc(s));
      laughIfPossible = true; //if there's nothing else to say later, laugh
      }

      if(!containsLaugh) { //if super serious business mode is on
      String set = s.split("(\s+is\s+|\'s\s+)"); //regex: split for every "is" or 's ('s as in contraction for is)
      try { //if it's math, solve it
      System.out.println(response = (name + ": " + solve(transform(set[1]).trim())));
      } catch(Throwable t) { //it's not math
      String ek = transform(set[0]).toLowerCase(); //get the first part of the phrase
      if(ek.contains("what")) { //user is asking for information
      String k = transform(reversePerson(join(set, "is", 1).toLowerCase())); //get the object to look up
      for(String values : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.VALUE)) {
      if(transform(values.split("§=§")[0]).trim().equalsIgnoreCase(k)) //if we know the information, tell the user
      response = name + ": " + cap(k) + " is " + values.split("§=§")[1].trim() + punc();
      }
      if(!response.equals("")) //only respond if we have something useful to say
      System.out.println(response);
      } else if(s.contains(" is ")) { //the user is telling us information
      String k = reversePerson(s.split(" is ")[0].toLowerCase().trim()); //the key to store
      String v = join(s.split(" is "), "is", 1).toLowerCase().trim(); //the value to store for the key
      fm.setResponse(ResponseType.VALUE, k + "§=§" + reversePerson(removeEndPunc(v))); //store the key and value
      System.out.println(response = (name + ": " + cap(k) + " is " + removeEndPunc(v) + punc())); //tell the user about our new information
      }
      }
      }
      if(response.trim().equals("") && (laughIfPossible || containsLaugh)) //if we have nothing else to say, but we can laugh, laugh
      System.out.println(response = (name + ": " + cap(fm.getResponses(ResponseType.LAUGH).get((int) (System.nanoTime() % fm.getResponses(ResponseType.LAUGH).size()))))); //say a random laugh
      fm.log("You: " + s); //log what the user said
      fm.log(name + ": " + (response.replace(name + ": ", ""))); //log our response, make sure to include the name even if we didn't earlier
      last = s; //set the new last message
      return true; //keep the program alive
      }

      private static String join(String set, String medium, int offset) { //join an array together with a specified string in between starting at a specified offset
      String s = set[offset];
      int i = 0;
      for(String part : set) {
      if(i > offset)
      s = s + " " + medium + " " + part;
      i++;
      }
      return s;
      }

      private static String reversePerson(String s) { //reverse between 1st and 3rd person, so Genesis makes sense
      return s.replaceAll("\byour\b", "§§m§§y§§").replaceAll("\byou\b", "§§m§§e§§").replaceAll("\bme\b", "you").replaceAll("\bmy\b", "your").replaceAll("\byours\b", "§§mi§§ne§§").replaceAll("\bmine\b", "yours").replace("§§", "").trim();
      }

      public static double solve(String c) { //solve math expressions
      Pattern p = Pattern.compile("(\d+|\d+\.\d+)\s*(\+|\-|\*|\/|\%|\|)\s*(\d+|\d+\.\d+).*"); //<number> <+-*/%|> <number>
      Matcher m = p.matcher(c);
      if(m.matches()) { //if this is a correct math expression
      Double d1 = Double.parseDouble(m.group(1));
      Double d2 = Double.parseDouble(m.group(3));
      while(c.contains("+") || c.contains("-") || c.contains("*") || c.contains("/") || c.contains("%") || c.contains("|")) { //checking for valid operations
      c = c.replaceAll("(\d)\.0(\D)", "$1$2"); //replace all x.0 with just x (it looks better)
      m = p.matcher(c);
      if(!m.matches()) //this SHOULD match
      throw new ArithmeticException();
      switch(m.group(2)) { //check the operation symbol and do math
      default:
      break;
      case "+":
      c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*\+\s*[" + d2 + "]", (d1 + d2) + "");
      break;
      case "-":
      c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*\-\s*[" + d2 + "]", (d1 - d2) + "");
      break;
      case "*":
      c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*\*\s*[" + d2 + "]", (d1 * d2) + "");
      break;
      case "/":
      c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*\/\s*[" + d2 + "]", (d1 / d2) + "");
      break;
      case "%":
      c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*%\s*[" + d2 + "]", (d1 % d2) + "");
      break;
      case "|":
      c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*\|\s*[" + d2 + "]", (Integer.parseInt((d1 + "").replace(".0", "")) | Integer.parseInt((d2 + "").replace(".0", ""))) + "");
      break;
      }
      }
      } //else, maybe it's just a number (return the number)... or maybe it's not even math - if it is, return the parsed answer
      return Double.parseDouble(c);
      }

      private static String transform(String s) { //transform a string into something the program can read
      return s.toLowerCase().replace("?", "").replace(".", "").replace("!", "").replace(",", "").replace("_", "").replace("~", "").replace("`", "").replace("'", "").replace(""", "").replace(""", "").replace("\", "").replace(":", "").replace(";", "").replace("the", " ").replace("teh", " ").replace("how do", "how can").replace("re", "").replace(" a ", " ").replace("is", "").replace("has", "").replace("get to", "go to").replaceAll("\Bs\b", "").replaceAll(" {2}?", "").trim();
      }

      private static String removeEndPunc(String s) {
      return s.replaceAll("[!\.\?]+$", ""); //remove all !'s .'s and ?'s from the end of a string
      }

      private static String format(String s) { //add random punctuation, and capitalize the first character
      return cap(s) + punc();
      }

      private static String cap(String s) { //capitalize the first letter of a given string
      String r = s.toUpperCase();
      if(r.length() > 1)
      r = s.replaceFirst(s.substring(0, 1), s.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase());
      return r;
      }

      private static char punc() { //return random punctuation
      switch((int) System.nanoTime() % 5) {
      default:
      case 0:
      case 1:
      case 2:
      case 3:
      return '.';
      case 4:
      return '!';
      }
      }

      public FileManager getFileManager() {
      return fm;
      }

      public void printError(Throwable t) {
      printError(System.err, t);
      if(fm != null)
      printError(fm.getLogStream(), t);
      stop(1);
      }

      private static void printError(Object output, Throwable t) {
      PrintWriterStream out;
      if(output instanceof PrintWriter)
      out = new PrintWriterStream((PrintWriter) output);
      else if(output instanceof PrintStream)
      out = new PrintWriterStream((PrintStream) output);
      else
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Output must be of type PrintWriter or PrintStream");
      out.println();
      out.println("A fatal error occurred: " + t.toString());
      out.println();
      out.println("-----=[General Stack Trace]=-----");
      for(StackTraceElement s : t.getStackTrace())
      //print the throwable's stack trace
      out.println(s.getClassName() + "." + s.getMethodName() + "() on line " + s.getLineNumber());
      out.println("-----=[" + name + " Stack Trace]=-----");
      out.println();
      out.println("-----=[" + name + " Stack Trace]=-----");
      boolean fault = false;
      for(StackTraceElement s : t.getStackTrace()) { //filter out the stack trace for only Genesis
      if(s.getClassName().startsWith("genesis")) {
      out.println(s.getClassName() + "." + s.getMethodName() + "() on line " + s.getLineNumber());
      fault = true;
      }
      }
      if(!fault) //if it's not our fault, tell the user
      out.println("This doesn't look like a problem relating to " + name + ". Check the above general stack trace.");
      out.println("-----=[Genesis Stack Trace]=-----");
      out.println();
      out.println("-----=[Remote Stack Trace]=-----");
      fault = false;
      for(StackTraceElement s : t.getStackTrace()) { //filter out the stack trace for only outside Genesis
      if(!s.getClassName().startsWith("genesis")) {
      out.println(s.getClassName() + "." + s.getMethodName() + "() on line " + s.getLineNumber());
      fault = true;
      }
      }
      if(!fault) //if it's not their fault, tell the user
      out.println("This doesn't look like a problem with anything outside " + name + ". Check the above " + name + " stack trace.");
      out.println("-----=[Remote Stack Trace]=-----");
      out.println();
      }

      public void log(String message) {
      log(System.out, message);
      }

      public void log(PrintStream out, String message) {
      FileManager.log(out, message);
      if(fm != null)
      fm.log(message);
      }

      public String toString() {
      return name + " v" + version;
      }

      static class PrintWriterStream { //super hacky way of combining a PrintWriter and a PrintStream

      private PrintWriter w;
      private PrintStream s;

      PrintWriterStream(PrintWriter w) { //support for PrintWriter
      if(w == null)
      throw new NullPointerException();
      this.w = w;
      }

      PrintWriterStream(PrintStream s) { //support for PrintStream
      if(s == null)
      throw new NullPointerException();
      this.s = s;
      }

      void println() {
      if(w == null && s != null)
      s.println();
      else if(s == null && w != null)
      w.println();
      else
      throw new NullPointerException("No valid output");
      }

      void println(String x) {
      if(w == null && s != null)
      s.println(x);
      else if(s == null && w != null)
      w.println(x);
      else
      throw new NullPointerException("No valid output");
      }

      public void flush() {
      if(w == null && s != null)
      s.flush();
      else if(s == null && w != null)
      w.flush();
      else
      throw new NullPointerException("No valid output");
      }
      }

      }


      FileManager.java



      package genesis;

      import genesis.Genesis.PrintWriterStream;

      import java.io.BufferedReader;
      import java.io.File;
      import java.io.FileReader;
      import java.io.FileWriter;
      import java.io.IOException;
      import java.io.PrintStream;
      import java.io.PrintWriter;
      import java.util.ArrayList;
      import java.util.Calendar;
      import java.util.HashMap;
      import java.util.List;

      public final class FileManager {

      private final Genesis g;
      public static final String folderPath = "Genesis/";
      private final File folder = new File(folderPath);
      private final File log = new File(folderPath + "log.txt");
      private final File resp = new File(folderPath + "responses.txt");
      private final PrintWriter lout;
      private final PrintWriter rout;

      public FileManager(Genesis g) throws IOException {
      this.g = g;
      folder.mkdirs(); //make the Genesis folder if it doesn't exist
      checkFiles(); //make the files
      lout = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(log, true));
      rout = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(resp, true));
      }

      private void checkFiles() { //create new log and response files if they don't exist
      try {
      if (!log.exists())
      log.createNewFile();
      if (!resp.exists())
      resp.createNewFile();
      } catch (IOException e) {
      g.printError(e);
      }
      }

      public Genesis getGenesis() {
      return g;
      }

      public File getFolder() {
      return folder;
      }

      public File getLog() {
      return log;
      }

      public File getResponsesFile() {
      return resp;
      }

      public HashMap<ResponseType, List<String>> getResponses() { //get a hashmap of all responsetypes and responses for that type in list form
      checkFiles(); //make sure our files exist first
      HashMap<ResponseType, List<String>> res = new HashMap<ResponseType, List<String>>();
      if (resp.length() == 0) //if we don't have anything, don't return anything
      return res;
      try (BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(resp))) {
      String line;
      while ((line = r.readLine()) != null) {
      for (ResponseType rt : ResponseType.values()) {
      if (line.split("�")[0].equalsIgnoreCase(rt.name())) { //I could use a different character... but it kept changing back when I moved the project between computers
      String response = "";
      for (int i = 1; i < line.split("�").length; i++)
      response = line.split("�")[i].trim();
      if (res.get(rt) == null) {
      List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
      list.add(response);
      res.put(rt, list);
      } else
      res.get(rt).add(response);
      }
      }
      }
      } catch (IOException e) {
      g.printError(e);
      }
      return res;
      }

      public List<String> getResponses(ResponseType rt) { //get all the responses in list form for a certain response type
      checkFiles();
      List<String> res = new ArrayList<String>();
      if (resp.length() == 0)
      return res;
      try (BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(resp))) {
      String line;
      while ((line = r.readLine()) != null) {
      if (line.split("�")[0].equalsIgnoreCase(rt.name()))
      res.add(line.split("�")[1].trim());
      }
      } catch (Throwable t) {
      g.printError(t);
      }
      return res;
      }

      public void setResponse(ResponseType type, String response) { //set a response for a certain type
      response = response.trim();
      try (BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(resp))) {
      String s;
      while ((s = r.readLine()) != null) {
      if (s.equals(type.toString() + "� " + response))
      return;
      }
      rout.println(type.toString() + "� " + response);
      rout.flush();
      } catch (Throwable t) {
      g.printError(t);
      }
      }

      public void log(String message) {
      log(lout, message);
      }

      public static void log(Object output, String message) {
      PrintWriterStream out;
      if(output instanceof PrintWriter)
      out = new PrintWriterStream((PrintWriter) output);
      else if(output instanceof PrintStream)
      out = new PrintWriterStream((PrintStream) output);
      else
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Output must be of type PrintWriter or PrintStream");
      Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
      String hour = c.get(Calendar.HOUR) + "";
      String minute = c.get(Calendar.MINUTE) + "";
      String second = c.get(Calendar.SECOND) + "";
      int ampm = c.get(Calendar.AM_PM);

      if(Integer.parseInt(hour) < 10) //keep the hours minutes and seconds 2 digits
      hour = "0" + hour;
      if(Integer.parseInt(minute) < 10)
      minute = "0" + minute;
      if(Integer.parseInt(second) < 10)
      second = "0" + second;

      String timestamp = "[" + hour + ":" + minute + ":" + second + ":" + (ampm == 0 ? "AM" : "PM") + "]";

      out.println(timestamp + ": " + message);
      out.flush();
      }

      public PrintWriter getLogStream() {
      return lout;
      }

      public PrintWriter getResponseStream() {
      return rout;
      }

      public void close() { //close the log and response file streams
      lout.close();
      rout.close();
      }

      }


      ResponseType.java



      package genesis;

      public enum ResponseType {

      GREETING, FAREWELL, VALUE, LAUGH;

      public String toString() {
      return name().toLowerCase().replaceFirst(name().substring(0, 1).toLowerCase(), name().substring(0, 1).toUpperCase());
      }

      public static ResponseType getResponseType(String name) {
      for (ResponseType r : values()) {
      if(r.name().equalsIgnoreCase(name))
      return r;
      }
      return null;
      }

      }


      As a side note, you can compile this code yourself and export it as a runnable JAR file. It creates a folder called Genesis wherever the JAR is, which consists of a log.txt file and a responses.txt file. Log file is what you think it is, and responses file is for use by Genesis, so it knows how to respond to you over time.



      Rules for talking to it correctly are as follows:




      • First message must be a greeting (hello/hi/etc)

      • Last message must be a farewell (goodbye/bye/etc)

      • After your farewell, type "exit" to exit the program correctly










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      This is a programming challenge I set for myself a while back to create an AI that starts with no knowledge of anything whatsoever, and learns as you talk to it. (It can learn stuff like your name, how to say hello, goodbye, etc.)



      I tried to use the least amount of hard-coded responses as possible. I'm happy that it works, but I feel like the code behind it is very clumsy and... just not very good. The program is called Genesis. Tell me what you think!



      Genesis.java



      package genesis;

      import java.io.BufferedReader;
      import java.io.IOException;
      import java.io.InputStreamReader;
      import java.io.PrintStream;
      import java.io.PrintWriter;
      import java.util.regex.Matcher;
      import java.util.regex.Pattern;

      public final class Genesis {

      public static final String name = "Genesis";
      public static final String version = "1.0";

      public static void main(String args) {
      try {
      new Genesis();
      } catch(IOException e) {
      printError(new PrintWriter(System.err), e);
      }
      }

      private final FileManager fm;
      protected String last = null;

      public Genesis() throws IOException {
      log("Initializing " + toString() + "...");
      log("Generating files...");
      fm = new FileManager(this);
      log(toString() + " started on " + System.getProperty("os.name"));
      start();
      stop();
      }

      public void stop() {
      stop(0);
      }

      public void stop(int error) {
      if(error == 0)
      log(toString() + " shut down successfully!");
      else
      log(toString() + " shut down with error code: " + error);
      if(fm != null)
      fm.close();
      System.exit(error);
      }

      public void start() {
      try(BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in))) {
      System.out.print("You: ");
      String s = r.readLine();
      if(respond(s))
      start();
      } catch(Throwable t) {
      printError(t);
      }
      }

      public boolean respond(String s) { //decide how and what to respond, return if we should keep the program alive
      if(s.trim().equals(""))
      return true; //nothing to do, but keep the program alive
      String response = "";
      if(last == null) { //first message must always be a greeting
      boolean newg = true;
      for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.GREETING)) {
      if(transform(s).equalsIgnoreCase(transform(r)))
      newg = false; //if this is a greeting that we know about, we dont need to store it again
      }
      if(newg) //store a new greeting for use in another session (or this one)
      fm.setResponse(ResponseType.GREETING, removeEndPunc(s));
      //give a greeting back!
      System.out.println(response = (name + ": " + format(fm.getResponses(ResponseType.GREETING).get((int) (System.nanoTime() % fm.getResponses(ResponseType.GREETING).size())))));
      } else {
      boolean notg = true;
      for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.GREETING)) { //check if THE LAST MESSAGE is another greeting
      if(transform(last).equalsIgnoreCase(transform(r)))
      notg = false;
      }
      boolean notf = true;
      for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.FAREWELL)) { //check if they're saying a known farewell
      if(transform(s).equalsIgnoreCase(transform(r)))
      notf = false;
      }
      if((!notf || s.equalsIgnoreCase("exit")) && notg) { //if they're doing a farewell or saying "exit", and THE LAST MESSAGE is not a greeting
      boolean newf = true;
      for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.FAREWELL)) { //check if it's a new farewell
      if(transform(last).equalsIgnoreCase(transform(r)))
      newf = false;
      }
      if(newf) //if it's new, store it for another session (or this one)
      fm.setResponse(ResponseType.FAREWELL, removeEndPunc(last));
      //say bye back
      System.out.println(response = (name + ": " + format(fm.getResponses(ResponseType.FAREWELL).get((int) (System.nanoTime() % fm.getResponses(ResponseType.FAREWELL).size())))));
      return false; //exit the loop
      }
      }

      boolean containsLaugh = false;
      for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.LAUGH)) { //are they laughing?
      if(s.matches(".*?\b" + r + "\b.*?"))
      containsLaugh = true;
      }
      boolean laughIfPossible = false;
      int laugh = 0;
      for(char c : s.toCharArray()) { //very bad laugh detection: >50% h's or l's
      if(c == 'h' || c == 'l')
      laugh++;
      }
      if(laugh > s.toCharArray().length / 2) { //if >50% h's or l's
      boolean newl = true;
      for(String r : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.LAUGH)) { //is this a laugh we know?
      if(transform(s).equalsIgnoreCase(transform(r)))
      newl = false;
      }
      if(newl) //if it's new, save it for later
      fm.setResponse(ResponseType.LAUGH, removeEndPunc(s));
      laughIfPossible = true; //if there's nothing else to say later, laugh
      }

      if(!containsLaugh) { //if super serious business mode is on
      String set = s.split("(\s+is\s+|\'s\s+)"); //regex: split for every "is" or 's ('s as in contraction for is)
      try { //if it's math, solve it
      System.out.println(response = (name + ": " + solve(transform(set[1]).trim())));
      } catch(Throwable t) { //it's not math
      String ek = transform(set[0]).toLowerCase(); //get the first part of the phrase
      if(ek.contains("what")) { //user is asking for information
      String k = transform(reversePerson(join(set, "is", 1).toLowerCase())); //get the object to look up
      for(String values : fm.getResponses(ResponseType.VALUE)) {
      if(transform(values.split("§=§")[0]).trim().equalsIgnoreCase(k)) //if we know the information, tell the user
      response = name + ": " + cap(k) + " is " + values.split("§=§")[1].trim() + punc();
      }
      if(!response.equals("")) //only respond if we have something useful to say
      System.out.println(response);
      } else if(s.contains(" is ")) { //the user is telling us information
      String k = reversePerson(s.split(" is ")[0].toLowerCase().trim()); //the key to store
      String v = join(s.split(" is "), "is", 1).toLowerCase().trim(); //the value to store for the key
      fm.setResponse(ResponseType.VALUE, k + "§=§" + reversePerson(removeEndPunc(v))); //store the key and value
      System.out.println(response = (name + ": " + cap(k) + " is " + removeEndPunc(v) + punc())); //tell the user about our new information
      }
      }
      }
      if(response.trim().equals("") && (laughIfPossible || containsLaugh)) //if we have nothing else to say, but we can laugh, laugh
      System.out.println(response = (name + ": " + cap(fm.getResponses(ResponseType.LAUGH).get((int) (System.nanoTime() % fm.getResponses(ResponseType.LAUGH).size()))))); //say a random laugh
      fm.log("You: " + s); //log what the user said
      fm.log(name + ": " + (response.replace(name + ": ", ""))); //log our response, make sure to include the name even if we didn't earlier
      last = s; //set the new last message
      return true; //keep the program alive
      }

      private static String join(String set, String medium, int offset) { //join an array together with a specified string in between starting at a specified offset
      String s = set[offset];
      int i = 0;
      for(String part : set) {
      if(i > offset)
      s = s + " " + medium + " " + part;
      i++;
      }
      return s;
      }

      private static String reversePerson(String s) { //reverse between 1st and 3rd person, so Genesis makes sense
      return s.replaceAll("\byour\b", "§§m§§y§§").replaceAll("\byou\b", "§§m§§e§§").replaceAll("\bme\b", "you").replaceAll("\bmy\b", "your").replaceAll("\byours\b", "§§mi§§ne§§").replaceAll("\bmine\b", "yours").replace("§§", "").trim();
      }

      public static double solve(String c) { //solve math expressions
      Pattern p = Pattern.compile("(\d+|\d+\.\d+)\s*(\+|\-|\*|\/|\%|\|)\s*(\d+|\d+\.\d+).*"); //<number> <+-*/%|> <number>
      Matcher m = p.matcher(c);
      if(m.matches()) { //if this is a correct math expression
      Double d1 = Double.parseDouble(m.group(1));
      Double d2 = Double.parseDouble(m.group(3));
      while(c.contains("+") || c.contains("-") || c.contains("*") || c.contains("/") || c.contains("%") || c.contains("|")) { //checking for valid operations
      c = c.replaceAll("(\d)\.0(\D)", "$1$2"); //replace all x.0 with just x (it looks better)
      m = p.matcher(c);
      if(!m.matches()) //this SHOULD match
      throw new ArithmeticException();
      switch(m.group(2)) { //check the operation symbol and do math
      default:
      break;
      case "+":
      c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*\+\s*[" + d2 + "]", (d1 + d2) + "");
      break;
      case "-":
      c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*\-\s*[" + d2 + "]", (d1 - d2) + "");
      break;
      case "*":
      c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*\*\s*[" + d2 + "]", (d1 * d2) + "");
      break;
      case "/":
      c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*\/\s*[" + d2 + "]", (d1 / d2) + "");
      break;
      case "%":
      c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*%\s*[" + d2 + "]", (d1 % d2) + "");
      break;
      case "|":
      c = c.replaceAll("[" + d1 + "]\s*\|\s*[" + d2 + "]", (Integer.parseInt((d1 + "").replace(".0", "")) | Integer.parseInt((d2 + "").replace(".0", ""))) + "");
      break;
      }
      }
      } //else, maybe it's just a number (return the number)... or maybe it's not even math - if it is, return the parsed answer
      return Double.parseDouble(c);
      }

      private static String transform(String s) { //transform a string into something the program can read
      return s.toLowerCase().replace("?", "").replace(".", "").replace("!", "").replace(",", "").replace("_", "").replace("~", "").replace("`", "").replace("'", "").replace(""", "").replace(""", "").replace("\", "").replace(":", "").replace(";", "").replace("the", " ").replace("teh", " ").replace("how do", "how can").replace("re", "").replace(" a ", " ").replace("is", "").replace("has", "").replace("get to", "go to").replaceAll("\Bs\b", "").replaceAll(" {2}?", "").trim();
      }

      private static String removeEndPunc(String s) {
      return s.replaceAll("[!\.\?]+$", ""); //remove all !'s .'s and ?'s from the end of a string
      }

      private static String format(String s) { //add random punctuation, and capitalize the first character
      return cap(s) + punc();
      }

      private static String cap(String s) { //capitalize the first letter of a given string
      String r = s.toUpperCase();
      if(r.length() > 1)
      r = s.replaceFirst(s.substring(0, 1), s.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase());
      return r;
      }

      private static char punc() { //return random punctuation
      switch((int) System.nanoTime() % 5) {
      default:
      case 0:
      case 1:
      case 2:
      case 3:
      return '.';
      case 4:
      return '!';
      }
      }

      public FileManager getFileManager() {
      return fm;
      }

      public void printError(Throwable t) {
      printError(System.err, t);
      if(fm != null)
      printError(fm.getLogStream(), t);
      stop(1);
      }

      private static void printError(Object output, Throwable t) {
      PrintWriterStream out;
      if(output instanceof PrintWriter)
      out = new PrintWriterStream((PrintWriter) output);
      else if(output instanceof PrintStream)
      out = new PrintWriterStream((PrintStream) output);
      else
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Output must be of type PrintWriter or PrintStream");
      out.println();
      out.println("A fatal error occurred: " + t.toString());
      out.println();
      out.println("-----=[General Stack Trace]=-----");
      for(StackTraceElement s : t.getStackTrace())
      //print the throwable's stack trace
      out.println(s.getClassName() + "." + s.getMethodName() + "() on line " + s.getLineNumber());
      out.println("-----=[" + name + " Stack Trace]=-----");
      out.println();
      out.println("-----=[" + name + " Stack Trace]=-----");
      boolean fault = false;
      for(StackTraceElement s : t.getStackTrace()) { //filter out the stack trace for only Genesis
      if(s.getClassName().startsWith("genesis")) {
      out.println(s.getClassName() + "." + s.getMethodName() + "() on line " + s.getLineNumber());
      fault = true;
      }
      }
      if(!fault) //if it's not our fault, tell the user
      out.println("This doesn't look like a problem relating to " + name + ". Check the above general stack trace.");
      out.println("-----=[Genesis Stack Trace]=-----");
      out.println();
      out.println("-----=[Remote Stack Trace]=-----");
      fault = false;
      for(StackTraceElement s : t.getStackTrace()) { //filter out the stack trace for only outside Genesis
      if(!s.getClassName().startsWith("genesis")) {
      out.println(s.getClassName() + "." + s.getMethodName() + "() on line " + s.getLineNumber());
      fault = true;
      }
      }
      if(!fault) //if it's not their fault, tell the user
      out.println("This doesn't look like a problem with anything outside " + name + ". Check the above " + name + " stack trace.");
      out.println("-----=[Remote Stack Trace]=-----");
      out.println();
      }

      public void log(String message) {
      log(System.out, message);
      }

      public void log(PrintStream out, String message) {
      FileManager.log(out, message);
      if(fm != null)
      fm.log(message);
      }

      public String toString() {
      return name + " v" + version;
      }

      static class PrintWriterStream { //super hacky way of combining a PrintWriter and a PrintStream

      private PrintWriter w;
      private PrintStream s;

      PrintWriterStream(PrintWriter w) { //support for PrintWriter
      if(w == null)
      throw new NullPointerException();
      this.w = w;
      }

      PrintWriterStream(PrintStream s) { //support for PrintStream
      if(s == null)
      throw new NullPointerException();
      this.s = s;
      }

      void println() {
      if(w == null && s != null)
      s.println();
      else if(s == null && w != null)
      w.println();
      else
      throw new NullPointerException("No valid output");
      }

      void println(String x) {
      if(w == null && s != null)
      s.println(x);
      else if(s == null && w != null)
      w.println(x);
      else
      throw new NullPointerException("No valid output");
      }

      public void flush() {
      if(w == null && s != null)
      s.flush();
      else if(s == null && w != null)
      w.flush();
      else
      throw new NullPointerException("No valid output");
      }
      }

      }


      FileManager.java



      package genesis;

      import genesis.Genesis.PrintWriterStream;

      import java.io.BufferedReader;
      import java.io.File;
      import java.io.FileReader;
      import java.io.FileWriter;
      import java.io.IOException;
      import java.io.PrintStream;
      import java.io.PrintWriter;
      import java.util.ArrayList;
      import java.util.Calendar;
      import java.util.HashMap;
      import java.util.List;

      public final class FileManager {

      private final Genesis g;
      public static final String folderPath = "Genesis/";
      private final File folder = new File(folderPath);
      private final File log = new File(folderPath + "log.txt");
      private final File resp = new File(folderPath + "responses.txt");
      private final PrintWriter lout;
      private final PrintWriter rout;

      public FileManager(Genesis g) throws IOException {
      this.g = g;
      folder.mkdirs(); //make the Genesis folder if it doesn't exist
      checkFiles(); //make the files
      lout = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(log, true));
      rout = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(resp, true));
      }

      private void checkFiles() { //create new log and response files if they don't exist
      try {
      if (!log.exists())
      log.createNewFile();
      if (!resp.exists())
      resp.createNewFile();
      } catch (IOException e) {
      g.printError(e);
      }
      }

      public Genesis getGenesis() {
      return g;
      }

      public File getFolder() {
      return folder;
      }

      public File getLog() {
      return log;
      }

      public File getResponsesFile() {
      return resp;
      }

      public HashMap<ResponseType, List<String>> getResponses() { //get a hashmap of all responsetypes and responses for that type in list form
      checkFiles(); //make sure our files exist first
      HashMap<ResponseType, List<String>> res = new HashMap<ResponseType, List<String>>();
      if (resp.length() == 0) //if we don't have anything, don't return anything
      return res;
      try (BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(resp))) {
      String line;
      while ((line = r.readLine()) != null) {
      for (ResponseType rt : ResponseType.values()) {
      if (line.split("�")[0].equalsIgnoreCase(rt.name())) { //I could use a different character... but it kept changing back when I moved the project between computers
      String response = "";
      for (int i = 1; i < line.split("�").length; i++)
      response = line.split("�")[i].trim();
      if (res.get(rt) == null) {
      List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
      list.add(response);
      res.put(rt, list);
      } else
      res.get(rt).add(response);
      }
      }
      }
      } catch (IOException e) {
      g.printError(e);
      }
      return res;
      }

      public List<String> getResponses(ResponseType rt) { //get all the responses in list form for a certain response type
      checkFiles();
      List<String> res = new ArrayList<String>();
      if (resp.length() == 0)
      return res;
      try (BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(resp))) {
      String line;
      while ((line = r.readLine()) != null) {
      if (line.split("�")[0].equalsIgnoreCase(rt.name()))
      res.add(line.split("�")[1].trim());
      }
      } catch (Throwable t) {
      g.printError(t);
      }
      return res;
      }

      public void setResponse(ResponseType type, String response) { //set a response for a certain type
      response = response.trim();
      try (BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(resp))) {
      String s;
      while ((s = r.readLine()) != null) {
      if (s.equals(type.toString() + "� " + response))
      return;
      }
      rout.println(type.toString() + "� " + response);
      rout.flush();
      } catch (Throwable t) {
      g.printError(t);
      }
      }

      public void log(String message) {
      log(lout, message);
      }

      public static void log(Object output, String message) {
      PrintWriterStream out;
      if(output instanceof PrintWriter)
      out = new PrintWriterStream((PrintWriter) output);
      else if(output instanceof PrintStream)
      out = new PrintWriterStream((PrintStream) output);
      else
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Output must be of type PrintWriter or PrintStream");
      Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
      String hour = c.get(Calendar.HOUR) + "";
      String minute = c.get(Calendar.MINUTE) + "";
      String second = c.get(Calendar.SECOND) + "";
      int ampm = c.get(Calendar.AM_PM);

      if(Integer.parseInt(hour) < 10) //keep the hours minutes and seconds 2 digits
      hour = "0" + hour;
      if(Integer.parseInt(minute) < 10)
      minute = "0" + minute;
      if(Integer.parseInt(second) < 10)
      second = "0" + second;

      String timestamp = "[" + hour + ":" + minute + ":" + second + ":" + (ampm == 0 ? "AM" : "PM") + "]";

      out.println(timestamp + ": " + message);
      out.flush();
      }

      public PrintWriter getLogStream() {
      return lout;
      }

      public PrintWriter getResponseStream() {
      return rout;
      }

      public void close() { //close the log and response file streams
      lout.close();
      rout.close();
      }

      }


      ResponseType.java



      package genesis;

      public enum ResponseType {

      GREETING, FAREWELL, VALUE, LAUGH;

      public String toString() {
      return name().toLowerCase().replaceFirst(name().substring(0, 1).toLowerCase(), name().substring(0, 1).toUpperCase());
      }

      public static ResponseType getResponseType(String name) {
      for (ResponseType r : values()) {
      if(r.name().equalsIgnoreCase(name))
      return r;
      }
      return null;
      }

      }


      As a side note, you can compile this code yourself and export it as a runnable JAR file. It creates a folder called Genesis wherever the JAR is, which consists of a log.txt file and a responses.txt file. Log file is what you think it is, and responses file is for use by Genesis, so it knows how to respond to you over time.



      Rules for talking to it correctly are as follows:




      • First message must be a greeting (hello/hi/etc)

      • Last message must be a farewell (goodbye/bye/etc)

      • After your farewell, type "exit" to exit the program correctly







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