			----------------------
			-- GUESS THE ANIMAL --
			----------------------
-- How it Works:
-- animal.ex builds up a tree structure that tells it what
-- question to ask, and which branch to follow in the tree
-- depending on whether the answer is Yes or No.

constant 
    node_type = 1,
       DESCRIPTION = 1,
       ANIMAL = 2,
    question = 2,
    when_true = 3,
    when_false = 4

constant
    TRUE = 1,
    FALSE = 0

constant KEYBOARD = 0, SCREEN = 1

object database, p, prev_p, prev_answer

function Yes()  -- returns TRUE if the answer is yes
    object answer

    answer = '?'
    while answer = '?' do
	answer = gets(KEYBOARD)
	if length(answer) > 0 then
	    if answer[1] = 'y' or answer[1] = 'Y' then
		answer = TRUE
	    elsif answer[1] = 'n' or answer[1] = 'N' then
		answer = FALSE
	    else 
		answer = '?'
	    end if
	else
	    answer = '?'   
	end if
	if answer = '?' then
	    puts(SCREEN, "\nPlease answer y or n: ")
	end if
    end while
    return answer
end function

procedure guess()  -- narrows it down to one animal
    while TRUE do
	if database[p][node_type] = ANIMAL then
	    return
	end if
	printf(SCREEN, "\n%s? ", {database[p][question]})
	prev_p = p
	if Yes() then
	    p = database[p][when_true]
	    prev_answer = when_true
	else 
	    p = database[p][when_false]
	    prev_answer = when_false 
	end if
    end while
end procedure

global procedure animal()
-- updates database of animal information

    object new, new_question, correct, answer

    -- initial database:
    --           record type     text         Y  N
    database = {{DESCRIPTION, "\tCan it fly", 2, 3},
		{ANIMAL,      "an eagle"},
		{ANIMAL,      "a dog"   }}
    while TRUE do
	p = 1    
	printf(SCREEN, "%s\n", 
	  {"\nThink of an animal. Hit <cr> when you are ready, q to quit"})
	answer = gets(KEYBOARD)
	if length(answer) > 0 then
	    if answer[1] = 'q' then
		return
	    end if
	end if
	guess()
	printf(SCREEN, "\n\tIs it %s? ", {database[p][question]})
	if not Yes() then
	    puts(SCREEN, "\nI give up. What was it? ")
	    correct = gets(KEYBOARD)
	    correct = correct[1..length(correct)-1]
	    database = append(database, {ANIMAL, correct})
	    new = length(database)
	    printf(SCREEN, "\n%s%s%s%s\n", 
	    {"Please give me a question that would distinguish ",
	    database[p][question], " from ", correct})
	    new_question = '\t' & gets(KEYBOARD)
	    new_question = new_question[1..length(new_question)-1]
	    if new_question[length(new_question)] = '?' then
		new_question = new_question[1..length(new_question)-1]
	    end if
	    printf(SCREEN, "\nFor %s the answer would be: ", {correct})
	    if Yes() then
		database = append(database, {DESCRIPTION, new_question, new, p})
	    else
		database = append(database, {DESCRIPTION, new_question, p, new})
	    end if
	    database[prev_p][prev_answer] = length(database)
	end if
    end while
end procedure

animal()

