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+"""This file contains assorted general utility functions used by other
+modules in the PyAIML package.
+
+"""
+
+def sentences(s):
+ """Split the string s into a list of sentences."""
+ try: s+""
+ except: raise TypeError, "s must be a string"
+ pos = 0
+ sentenceList = []
+ l = len(s)
+ while pos < l:
+ try: p = s.index('.', pos)
+ except: p = l+1
+ try: q = s.index('?', pos)
+ except: q = l+1
+ try: e = s.index('!', pos)
+ except: e = l+1
+ end = min(p,q,e)
+ sentenceList.append( s[pos:end].strip() )
+ pos = end+1
+ # If no sentences were found, return a one-item list containing
+ # the entire input string.
+ if len(sentenceList) == 0: sentenceList.append(s)
+ return sentenceList
+
+# Self test
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ # sentences
+ sents = sentences("First. Second, still? Third and Final! Well, not really")
+ assert(len(sents) == 4) \ No newline at end of file