Chip 1998 May/CHIPCD5_98.iso/coreldrw/Scripts/animals.csc

Text File | 1997-05-23 | 6KB | 215 lines

REM Computer guesses your animals and learns them.
REM Animals.csc August 10, 1996
REM Copyright 1996 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved.

' FUNCTION declarations
DECLARE SUB Intro()
DECLARE SUB EndMessage()
DECLARE SUB LoadDatabase( filename$ )
DECLARE SUB SaveDatabase( filename$ )
DECLARE FUNCTION QuestionUser() AS BOOLEAN
DECLARE SUB ShowSuggestion()
DECLARE FUNCTION Guess( a% ) AS INTEGER
DECLARE SUB FindAnimal()

' GLOBAL variables and constants
GLOBAL CONST MAXDATA%=999       ' Size of database
GLOBAL CONST YES%=6             ' Messagebox yes value
GLOBAL CONST YESNOBUTTONS%=4    ' messagebox YES/NO buttons
GLOBAL CONST TITLE$="Animal Game" ' Game title
GLOBAL anim(MAXDATA) AS STRING  ' holds animal database
GLOBAL animsize AS INTEGER      ' Size of animal database

' local main variable
CONST FILENAME$ = "animals.gme" ' name of the file

'==========================================================
' Display intro
Intro
' Fill up databASe
LoadDatabase(FILENAME)
' question loop
DO
LOOP WHILE QuestionUser()

IF MESSAGEBOX("Do you want to save this game?",TITLE,YESNOBUTTONS)=YES THEN
    ' Save database
    SaveDatabase(FILENAME)
END IF
' end message
EndMessage

'==========================================================
' Display introduction message
SUB Intro
    DIM temp AS STRING    ' holds temporary string
    temp = "Play GUESS THE ANIMAL with Corel SCRIPT" + CHR(13)
    temp = temp + "Think of an animal and the computer will try to guess it..."
    MESSAGE temp
END SUB

'==========================================================
' Display end message
SUB EndMessage
    DIM temp AS STRING    ' holds temporary string
    temp = "Thank you for playing."
    MESSAGE  temp
END SUB

'==========================================================
' Try to load database from file.
' if file is currupted or not present, assign default values
SUB LoadDatabase( filename$ )
    ON ERROR GOTO errorhandler
    DIM a AS INTEGER        ' loop var

    OPEN filename FOR INPUT AS 1
    INPUT #1, animsize
    FOR a=1 TO animsize
        INPUT #1, anim(a)
    NEXT a
    CLOSE #1

    subend:
    EXIT SUB
    errorhandler:
        ' We could not load database
        ' Assign default values
        CLOSE #1
        animsize=3
        anim(1)="?002003Does it swim?"
        anim(2)="!Gold fish"
        anim(3)="!Hawk"
        resume at subend
END SUB

'==========================================================
' Try to save database to file.
SUB SaveDatabase( filename$ )
    ON ERROR GOTO errorhandler
    DIM a AS INTEGER        ' loop var

    OPEN filename FOR OUTPUT AS 1
    WRITE #1, animsize
    FOR a = 1 TO animsize
        WRITE #1, anim(a)
    NEXT a
    CLOSE #1

    subend:
    EXIT SUB
    errorhandler:
        ' We could not save database
        CLOSE #1
        MESSAGE "Error saving game!"
        RESUME AT subend
END SUB

'==========================================================
' Question user on a animal
FUNCTION QuestionUser AS BOOLEAN
    DIM ans AS INTEGER            ' holds the answer value

    ans = MESSAGEBOX("Are you thinking of an animal?",TITLE,YESNOBUTTONS)
    IF ans=YES THEN
        ' answer is YES
        FindAnimal
    ELSE
        ' answer is NO
        ans = MESSAGEBOX("Can I give you some suggestions?",TITLE,YESNOBUTTONS)
        IF ans=YES THEN ShowSuggestion
    END IF

    ' Decide IF we want to continue
    IF ans<>YES THEN
        QuestionUser=FALSE
    ELSE
        QuestionUser = TRUE
    END IF
END FUNCTION

'==========================================================
' Prints suggestion list
SUB ShowSuggestion
    DIM mess AS STRING    ' Message buffer
    DIM a AS INTEGER        ' loop counter
    DIM num AS INTEGER  ' number of elements in array
    DIM ani AS INTEGER  ' number of animals found

    ani=0
    mess = "Here are some suggestions:" + CHR(13) + CHR(13) + CHR(10)

    ' Prints all animals
    FOR a = 1 TO animsize
        IF LEFT( anim(a),1)="!" THEN
            mess = mess + MID( anim(a),2)
            ani=ani+1

            ' Format string
            IF ani MOD 5 = 0 THEN
                mess = mess + CHR(13)
            ELSE
                mess = mess + CHR(9)
            END IF
        END IF
    NEXT a
    MESSAGE mess
END SUB

'==========================================================
' Try to guess animal
FUNCTION Guess( question% ) AS INTEGER
    IF MESSAGEBOX(MID(anim(question),8),TITLE,YESNOBUTTONS)=YES THEN
        Guess = CINT(MID(anim(question),2,3))
    ELSE
        Guess = CINT(MID(anim(question),5,3))
    END IF
END FUNCTION

'==========================================================
' Find next question and guess
SUB FindAnimal
    DIM mess AS STRING      ' Message buffer
    DIM g AS INTEGER        ' guess
    DIM answer AS INTEGER   ' tempo answer
    DIM newval AS INTEGER   ' next empty space
    DIM animal AS STRING    ' player animal
    DIM question AS STRING  ' player question

    ' Start guessing with first question
    g = 1
    ' find animal
    WHILE LEFT(anim(g),1) = "?"
        g = Guess(g)
    WEND
    ' Verify guess
    answer=MESSAGEBOX("The animal you were thinking of was a " + MID(anim(g),2) + "?", TITLE,YESNOBUTTONS)
    IF answer=YES OR animsize>MAXDATA-2 THEN
        ' We have it
        MESSAGE "Why not think of another animal?"
    ELSE
        ' Enter in database
        DO
            animal=INPUTBOX("This animal you were thinking of was a ")
        LOOP WHILE animal=""
        mess = "Please enter a question that would distinguish a "
        mess = mess + animal + " from a " + MID(anim(g),2)
        DO
            question=INPUTBOX(mess)
        LOOP WHILE question=""
        newval = animsize + 1
        answer = MESSAGEBOX("For a " + animal + " the answer would be?",TITLE,YESNOBUTTONS)
        IF answer=YES THEN
            anim(newval) = "!" + animal
            anim(newval+1) = anim(g)
        ELSE
            anim(newval+1) = "!" + animal
            anim(newval) = anim(g)
        END IF
        '  Make sure we have leading 0
        anim(g) = "?" + RIGHT(newval+1000,3) + RIGHT(newval+1001,3) + question
        animsize = newval+1
    END IF
END SUB