creating AIML for chatbot to ask questions

Question

I am creating AIML file for Program-O chatbot and facing a problem.

What I want to do is ask question after question sequentially. Moreover, the questions should be in random order. It is satisfaction assessment test for students and I am experimenting to develop by using chatbot instead of traditional methods.

This is the AIML format I have in mind.

sample.aiml

<category>
    <pattern>HELLO<bot/></pattern>
    <template>
        <random>
            <li><warm/>Hello there. Do you want to talk about your campus life?</li>
            <li><happy/>Hi. Do you want to talk about your campus life?</li>
            <li><happy/>Goodday. Do you want to talk about your campus life?</li>
        </random>
    </template>
</category>
<category>
    <pattern>*</pattern>
    <that>HELLO THERE. DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT CAMPUS LIFE</that>
    <template>
        <random>
            <li>How were the classes?</li>
            <li>Does the teacher give a clear answer?</li>
            <li>Was the teacher come on time?</li>
        </random>
    </template>
</category>
<category>
    <pattern>*</pattern>
    <that>HOW WERE THE CLASSES</that>
    <template>
        <random>
            <li>Does the teacher give the full and clear explanation?</li>
            <li>What about the material used in the classes?</li>
            <li>What do you think about the courses content?</li>
        </random>
    </template>
</category>

The problem is that *(asterisk) wildcard is not working well with that predicate. Is there any other way to construct the AIML which fulfill my requirement?

What means "is not working well"? What exactly is your problem? — Hokascha, Feb 14 '13 at 16:30

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 08 '13 at 21:02

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Use the underscore wildcard. In AIML, there are two wildcards - * and _. The underscore wildcard has higher priority then the asterisk.

answered Jun 08 '13 at 21:02

Devyn Collier Johnson

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Now, in aiml ver=2.0 there are additional wildcards to help with this. One of them being ^. Perhaps worth checking out for anyone hitting this question in the future. – Marlon van der Linde Jun 12 '19 at 10:12

score -1 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 09 '17 at 18:48

string text = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(txt_filename.Text.ToString()).ToString();

        int length = (Int32)text.Length;
        txt_gbox.Text = length.ToString();

        LexicalAnalysis analyzer = new LexicalAnalysis();

        while (text !=)
        {
            text = text.Trim(' ', '\t');
            string token = analyzer.GetNextLexicalAtom(ref text);
            txt_gbox.Text = token;
        }

I want to show these token in richtextbox which is txt_gbox but on while loop programe stop....

creating AIML for chatbot to ask questions

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