added basic exception handling for no match found caseHEADmaster

3 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/libRLP.py b/libRLP.py
index 9f238b1..055b5a5 100644
--- a/libRLP.py
+++ b/libRLP.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from nltk import tokenize
 
 import math
 import os
+import random
 
 class InputBreaker:
     def __init__(self, text):
@@ -59,10 +60,17 @@ class Match:
                     else:
                         pass
                 if successmeter > 0:        
-                    listofmetricsforsentence.append([self.tomatchwords, successmeter, linetosave, ])
+                    listofmetricsforsentence.append([self.tomatchwords,\
+                    successmeter, linetosave, ])
         
         #print listofmetricsforsentence
-        self.mostprobableQ = self.doMath(listofmetricsforsentence)[2]
+        try:
+            self.mostprobableQ = self.doMath(listofmetricsforsentence)[2]
+        except IndexError:
+            self.mostprobableQ = random.choice(\
+            ["Sorry, can you be a bit more Sugar specific?"\
+            , "Hmm, I don't know about it",\
+            "Ask someone more knowledgeable than me."])
         print self.mostprobableQ
         self.file.close()
 
@@ -101,4 +109,9 @@ class Match:
         content = file.read()
         tuple = content.split(self.mostprobableQ)
         file.close()
-        return tuple[1].split('Q.')[0]
+        try:
+            answer = tuple[1].split('Q.')[0]
+        except IndexError:
+            answer = ""
+        return answer            
+                
diff --git a/libRLP.pyc b/libRLP.pyc
index 675c991..f353a6a 100644
--- a/libRLP.pyc
+++ b/libRLP.pyc
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index 3afc1b2..1eb8c80 100644
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from libRLP import *
-process = InputBreaker('tell me about sugar development') 
+process = InputBreaker('what is my name?') 
 matchobj = Match(process.qEntitySentences)
 answer = matchobj.reportAnswer()
 print '\n\n'