Struct eliza::Eliza

pub struct Eliza { /* private fields */ }

An ELIZA instance.

This struct is created by the new() method. See its documentation for more.

Implementations

impl Eliza

pub fn from_file(location: &str) -> Result<Eliza, Box<dyn Error>>

Initialise ELIZA with a script.

Will return Err if the script at the specified location is invalid.

pub fn from_str(script: &str) -> Result<Eliza, Box<dyn Error>>

pub fn greet(&self) -> String

Randomly selects a greeting statement from the greetings list in the script.

pub fn farewell(&self) -> String

Randomly selects a farewell statement from the farewell list in the script.

pub fn respond(&mut self, input: &str) -> String

Responds to a given input string based on the internal ELIZA script.

Trait Implementations

impl Default for Eliza

fn default() -> Eliza

Returns the “default value” for a type.