How do I ask questions in Quest?

Question

I would like to ask the player a question. After that , the player will type a answer. If the answer is correct, the game will print a message.

For instance, when the player is playing, they enter into a room and have a question.
The question is" one plus one equal?"

After that, the player types "two", the game print message "you answer correct".

Answer 1

Here is a script that will do just that:

msg("What does one plus one equal?")
get input {
  if (IsRegexMatch(result, "(2|two)")) {
    msg("You answered correctly!")
  }
  else {
    msg("Not even close.")
  }
}

The get input script command makes Quest wait for input, and the text goes into a variable called result. It then tests if the answer is correct using the IsRegexMatch function. A Regex is a pattern to match against, and in this case will match either "2" or "two" (it also ignores case, so will match "Two" and "TWO").

Comments

Thanks u very much!

Answer 2

the quest wiki:

http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/

this is a bit more than what you're asking for, but it does a good job for showing~guiding you through it:

http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/guides/character_creation.html

generally you want:

.1. the 'msg' Script for asking your question:

in code:

http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/scripts/msg.html

msg ("One plus One equals what?")

or, in the GUI~Editor:

run as script -> add a~new script -> output -> 'print a message' Script -> [MESSAGE]: for text only, or [EXPRESSION]: for text+VARIABLES

.2. the 'get input' Script for getting the input of the person playing the game:

in code:

http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/scripts/get_input.html

(using within a Function, as an example)

<function name="question_1_function">
  msg ("One plus One equals what?")
  get input {
    // the 'get input' Script automatically (hidden from you) sets the built-in Variable 'result' to the person's, who's playing the game, input: result = your_typed_in_input_during_game_play
    // your scripts
  }
</function>

or in the GUI~Editor:

run as script -> add a~new script -> output -> 'get input' Script

.3. your scripts:

http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/scripts/if.html
http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/scripts/msg.html

if (result = "2" or result = "two") {
  msg ("Correct, good job!")
} else {
  msg ("That's incorrect, try again.")
  // loop~repeat this script block
}

so in full code example:

<function name="question_1_function">
  msg ("One plus One equals what?")
  get input {
    if (result = "2" or result = "two") {
      msg ("Correct, good job!")
    } else {
      msg ("That's incorrect, try again.")
      question_1_function
    }
  }
</function>

or in the GUI~Editor:

run as script -> add a~new script -> scripts -> 'if' Script -> [EXPRESSION]: if you want to write out the code yourself, or [whatever]: I don't know the GUI~Editor's options and etc well.

-> then, -> add a script -> output -> 'print a message' Script -> [MESSAGE] -> Correct, good job!

else,

-> add a script -> output -> 'print a message' Script -> [MESSAGE] -> That's incorrect, try again.

(for my example only): add a script -> ??? -> 'call function' Script -> for Function name: question1function, Parameters: (leave blank, don't add any in)

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in your post, you say: "for example when entering a room, it asks the question", which would be done via:

in the GUI~Editor:

'whatever the room name' (Room) Object -> 'whatever it is called or is' Tab -> 'on enter room' text box -> [run as script] -> put in the entire scripting above (but ignore my use of putting the scripts into a Function, unless you want to use a Function ~ ask me if you want to do this, and don't know how) goes into this 'on enter room' now-script-instead_of-text box.

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if you want better code, then you got to use Commands and~or Functions, doing 'concatenation', as an example:

http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/elements/function.html (scroll down ~ look at the: 'working example' bottom section)

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p.s.

for:

http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/scripts/ask.html

or-as: the 'ask' Script in the 'ask and tell' Tab in the GUI~Editor is a bit misleading, as it's not a general purpose Script for asking any question you want, but rather it is ONLY for asking a boolean~binary~'yes-no'~'true-false' (yes:true or no:false) question.

so the 'ask' Script would be for a question like this:

Are you a male?

(the answer is either yes:true or no:false)

but NOT for:

What is your name?

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P.S.S.

more useful links for you:

http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/guides/  (guides)
http://forum.textadventures.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=10&sid=e59ca4005a120ae471ae98ac0c8d0a66 (the quest forum ~ lots of help here)
http://forum.textadventures.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=18 (more guides: Libraries and Code Samples)
http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/tutorial/ (the tutorial, very useful to go through fully, even if boring~simple, as it gets you familiar with quest and with coding~if logic)
http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/upgrade_notes.html (upgrade~version notes~history ~ the 'change logs' for quest. Very useful link)
http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/asl_requirements.html
http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/elements/ (the main things or 'physical things' in quest)
http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/types/ (the Attributes)
http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/functions/ (quest's 'code bible' 1: the Functions, in categorical order)
http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/functions/index_allfunctions.html (quest's 'code bible' 1: the Functions, in alphabetical order)
http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/scripts/ (quest's 'code bible' 2: the Scripts)

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Thanks you very much !