Random response to user in a personal assistant

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#1

Hello!

I’m create a personal assistant, to help anyone that uses a PC to execute some task in Windows.

First the bot ask user about her name. and then ask a user for what action should be execute.

In the activity, I use the command IF, in this form.

IF variable1action.Contains(“E-mail”), the bot open a email and ask if should send a email.

My question is, have any method to bot response a user with random response?

For example. If user uses a variable the bot can’t recognize, the bot should response user with a message like “Sorry, I can’t do this”, but if the user insists on error, the bot can change the response for not be the same every time?

Anyone can help me?

#2

You can create an Array or DataTable to hold the various responses. Then use System.Random to generate a random number for the number of responses you have. Use the random as an index to obtain a random response from the Array or DataTable.

For example:

Responses = {"Hello!", "Hi, there!", "Bonjour!", "Hi!"}
r = New Random()
RandomResponse = Responses(r.Next(0, 4))

Hope that helps!

#3

Hello, thank you for your answer.

U can send me a example, please?

#4

Sure. See attached.
image RandomGreeting.zip (9.8 KB)

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#5

Hello my friend!

It’s awesome your answer, but I can’t reproduce on my example.

On the box “B” on first Assign (Create array of greetings), the UiPath are mark my Value with invalid sentence.

U can help me?

#6

Check the source files in the ZIP attachment.

The Greetings variable type needs to be an Array of Strings.