View source for Said() Strings and the Use of Articles

'''By Gumby'''

It is wise to take into account articles when creating said strings.  Consider all the different ways that a user could might communicate the command ''give the pig the mirror'' to the parser.

<div class="CodeBlockHeader">Code:</div>
<syntaxhighlight lang="sci" class="cs">
    // Matches: 'give pig mirror' & 'give the pig mirror' 
    // Ignores: 'give pig the mirror'
    (if(Said('give/pig<mirror'))
       Print("Output A")
    )

    // Matches: 'give pig the mirror' & 'give the pig the mirror'
    // Ignores: 'give pig mirror' & 'give the pig mirror'
    (if(Said('give/pig/mirror')
       Print("Output B")
    )

    // Combining the 2 gives you a wider input range
    // Matches all inputs specified above...
    (if(Said('give/pig<mirror') or Said('give/pig/mirror'))
       Print("Output C")
    )
</syntaxhighlight>

As you can see, the first 2 code blocks behave quite differently when the 'the' article is specified, however the 3rd covers all the test cases.

[[Category:Said() Strings]]
[[Category:The SCI Parser]]
[[Category:Examples]]