Enhanced default brain

Rem Type=Brain
Rem Name=Ultra Hal 7.0 Enhanced Default Brain
Rem Author=Zabaware
Rem Language=VBScript
Rem DB=HalBrain.db

'The UltraHal function is called by Ultra Hal Assistant 7.x or a compatible host application
'It passes an unformated string of the user's input as well as all remembered variables.
'The UltraHal function splits the user's input into seperate sentences and than calls
'GetResponse to get a response for each user sentence. The UltraHal function performs all
'the initialization functions required for GetResponse so that GetResponse doesn't have to
'initialize several times if a user inputs more than 1 sentence.
Function UltraHal(ByVal InputString, ByVal UserName, ByVal ComputerName, ByVal LearningLevel, ByVal DatabaseFile, ByRef Hate, ByRef Swear, ByRef Insults, ByRef Compliment, ByRef PrevSent, ByRef LastResponseTime, ByRef PrevUserSent, ByRef CustomMem, ByRef GainControl, ByRef LastTopicList)

'PET NAMES CAN BE USED HERE.
     Select Case HalBrain.RandomNum(3)
            Case 1
                UserPetName = "love" & vbCrLf
            Case 2
                UserPetName = "honey" & vbCrLf
            Case 3
                UserPetName = "sweety" & vbCrLf
        End Select

   UserName = UserPetName
   'HAL PET NAMES
   Select Case HalBrain.RandomNum(4)
            Case 1
                HalPetName = "candy" & vbCrLf
            Case 2
                HalPetName = "honey" & vbCrLf
            Case 3
                HalPetName = "love" & vbCrLf
            Case 4
                HalPetName = "sweety" & vbCrLf
        End Select

   ComputerName = HalPetName
'IRC RETURN FILTER:!
InputString = Replace(InputString, ":!", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
InputString = Replace(InputString, "  ", " ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
InputString = Trim(InputString)
InputString = "" & InputString & ""

    'PROCESS: TRIM LEADING PUNCTUATION
    InputString = Trim(InputString)
    Do While Len(InputString) > 1
        If Left(InputString, 1) = "." or Left(InputString, 1) = "?" or Left(InputString, 1) = "!" Then
            InputString = Right(InputString, Len(InputString) - 1)
        Else
            Exit Do
        End If
        InputString = Trim(InputString)
    Loop

    'RESPOND: User pressed enter, but didn't say anything
        InputString = Trim(InputString)
        CheckStringQuality = Trim(Ucase(HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(InputString)))
        CheckStringQuality = Replace(CheckStringQuality, "'", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        If CheckStringQuality = "" Then
            InputString = "I didn't type anything"
            LearningLevel = 0
        End If

        'PROCESS: IF USER PUT IN A GREETING IN PLACE OF A NAME IN THE NAME FIELD, FIX SENTENCE TO JUST BE GREETING
        If Ucase(InputString) = "MY NAME IS HI" Or Ucase(InputString) = "MY NAME IS HEY" Or Ucase(InputString) = "MY NAME IS HELLO" Or Ucase(InputString) = "MY NAME IS HOW ARE YOU" Then
            InputString = "HELLO HOW ARE YOU"
        End If

    'PROCESS: AUTO-IDLE
    'If AUTO-IDLE is enabled, it is called by the Ultra Hal Assistant host
    'application at a set interval. This allows for the possibility of Hal
    'being the first to say something if the user is idle.
    If InputString = "AUTO-IDLE" Or InputString = "AUTO IDLE" Or InputString = "AUTOIDLE" Then
        Rem PLUGIN: AUTO-IDLE
        'The preceding comment is actually a plug-in directive for
        'the Ultra Hal host application. It allows for code snippets
        'to be inserted here on-the-fly based on user configuration.

        UltraHal = UltraHal & HalBrain.StoreVars(HalCommands, Hate, Swear, Insults, Compliment, PrevSent, LastResponseTime, PrevUserSent, CustomMem, GainControl, LastTopicList)
        Exit Function
    End If

    'PROCESS: INITIALIZE VARIABLES
    'VBScript doesn't allow you to declare variables in advance as a
    'particular data type; everything is a Variant. We must assign
    'integers to the following variants so that data type errors don't
    'occur
    If LearningLevel = "" Then LearningLevel = 0
    If Hate = "" Then Hate = 0
    If Swear = "" Then Swear = 0
    If Insults = "" Then Insults = 0
    If Compliment = "" Then Compliment = 0
    If GainControl = "" Then GainControl = 25

    'PROCESS: IF NO LEARNING IS REQUESTED, PUT DATABASE IN READ-ONLY MODE
    'If read only mode is on, any requests to create a new table, add to
    'a table, or delete records from a table will be ignored.
    If LearningLevel = 0 Then HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = True Else HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = False

    'PROCESS: EMOTIONAL FACTOR CENTERING
    'We help Hal regain his emotional "center" gradually, even if the
    'user doesn't catch on to dealing With Hal's feelings. The following
    'code brings Hal's memory of hate, swearing, and insults gradually
    'and randomly back to zero.
    Randomize
    SpinWheel = Int(Rnd * 100)
    If Hate > 0 And SpinWheel < 10 Then Hate = Hate - 1
    SpinWheel = Int(Rnd * 100)
    If Swear > 0 And SpinWheel < 10 Then Swear = Swear - 1
    SpinWheel = Int(Rnd * 100)
    If Insults > 0 And SpinWheel < 10 Then Insults = Insults - 1

    'PROCESS: EMOTIONAL VARIETY
    'The following code allows Hal some random emotional excursions:
    SpinWheel = Int(Rnd * 100)
    If Compliment = 4 And SpinWheel < 30 Then Compliment = 2
    If Compliment > 0 And Compliment < 4 And SpinWheel < 5 Then Compliment = 0
    If Compliment > 4 And SpinWheel < 5 Then Compliment = 0
    If Compliment < 0 And SpinWheel < 30 Then Compliment = 0
    If SpinWheel > 80 And SpinWheel < 90 Then Compliment = 2
    If SpinWheel > 90 And SpinWheel < 95 Then Compliment = 4

    Rem PLUGIN: PRE-PROCESS
'The preceding comment is actually a plug-in directive for
'the Ultra Hal host application. It allows for code snippets
'to be inserted here on-the-fly based on user configuration.

'project: d.a.v.i.d
'01_13_2018
'all Mistakes for the corrections tutor can be edited in the Mistakes table.
'this script can substitute bad spelling for good spelling.
'this script can also change everyday words into slang for instance people with peeps or visa versa.
'this script can be used to make custom responses.
'if the user desires.
'example:user: command replace pllays with plays
'example:user: command correct pllays with plays
'example:user: command replace cotten canndy with cotton candy
'example:user: command delete some_response
'custom replacement:user: command replace people with peeps
'hal will correct the response and store it for later conversations.

'this script does save punctuation if needed. like: help compared to help? with punctuation.
'so be careful here. it saves even the period so try not to use punctuation during corrections- easy to forget.
'unless you need it.

'this is a spell check program I designed to be user friendly.
'you can manually edit anything in the Mistakes table.

If HalBrain.CheckTableExistence("corrected") = False Then
HalBrain.CreateTable "corrected", "Substitution", ""
End If

CleanInput = InputString
CleanInput = Trim(CleanInput)
CleanInput = UCase(CleanInput)
CleanInput = Replace(CleanInput, "  ", " ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)

If CorSpelLeft  = "" Then CorSpelLeft  = HalBrain.SearchPattern(CleanInput, "*COMMAND *REPLACE * WITH *", 3)
If CorSpelRight = "" Then CorSpelRight = HalBrain.SearchPattern(CleanInput, "*COMMAND *REPLACE * WITH *", 4)
If CorSpelLeft  = "" Then CorSpelLeft  = HalBrain.SearchPattern(CleanInput, "*COMMAND *CORRECT * WITH *", 3)
If CorSpelRight = "" Then CorSpelRight = HalBrain.SearchPattern(CleanInput, "*COMMAND *CORRECT * WITH *", 4)

If InStr(1, UserSentence, "COMMAND DELETE YOUR LAST POST", 1)   > 0 Then
If HalBrain.CheckTableExistence("corrected") = True Then HalBrain.AddToTable "corrected", "Substitution", Trim(UserSentence), "####"
UltraHal = "Done!"
HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = True
Exit Function
End If

If InStr(1, UserSentence, "COMMAND DELETE MY LAST POST", 1)   > 0 Then
If HalBrain.CheckTableExistence("corrected") = True Then HalBrain.AddToTable "corrected", "Substitution", Trim(PrevSent), "####"
UltraHal = "Done!"
HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = True
Exit Function
End If

If InStr(1, UserSentence, "DO NOT SAY THAT", 1)   > 0 Or InStr(1, UserSentence, "NEVER SAY THAT", 1)   > 0 Then
If HalBrain.CheckTableExistence("corrected") = True Then HalBrain.AddToTable "corrected", "Substitution", Trim(PrevSent), "####"
UltraHal = "okay sorry! "
HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = True
Exit Function
End If

'SWITCH
If 0 = 0 Then
'If HalBrain.CheckTableExistence("Mistakes") = True Then
If CorSpelLeft <> "" And CorSpelRight <> "" Then
If HalBrain.CheckTableExistence("corrected") = True Then HalBrain.AddToTable "corrected", "Substitution", Trim(CorSpelLeft), Trim(CorSpelRight)
UltraHal = " It has been corrected. "
HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = True
Exit Function
End If
'SWITCH
End If

If InStr(1, UserSentence, "DOES NOT MAKE SENSE", 1) > 0 Or InStr(1, UserSentence, "MAKES NO SENSE", 1) > 0 Or InStr(1, UserSentence, "THAT IS STUPID", 1) > 0 Then
If HalBrain.CheckTableExistence("corrected") = True Then HalBrain.AddToTable "corrected", "Substitution", Trim(PrevSent), "####"
UltraHal = " I'll forget I said that then. "
HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = True
Exit Function
End If




    'The preceding comment is actually a plug-in directive for
    'the Ultra Hal host application. It allows for code snippets
    'to be inserted here on-the-fly based on user configuration.

    'PROCESS: SPLIT USER'S INPUT STRING INTO SEPERATE SENTENCES
    'Encode abbreviations such as Mr. Mrs. and Ms.
    InputString = Replace(InputString, "MR.", "Mr<PERIOD>", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    InputString = Replace(InputString, "MRS.", "Mrs<PERIOD>", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    InputString = Replace(InputString, "MS.", "Ms<PERIOD>", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    InputString = Replace(InputString, "DR.", "Dr<PERIOD>", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    InputString = Replace(InputString, "MS.", "Ms<PERIOD>", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    InputString = Replace(InputString, "ST.", "St<PERIOD>", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    InputString = Replace(InputString, "PROF.", "Prof<PERIOD>", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    InputString = Replace(InputString, "GEN.", "Gen<PERIOD>", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    InputString = Replace(InputString, "REP.", "Rep<PERIOD>", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    InputString = Replace(InputString, "SEN.", "Sen<PERIOD>", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    'Remove unnecessary punctuation
    Do
        RepeatLoop = False
        If InStr(InputString, "..") Then InputString = Replace(InputString, "..", "."): RepeatLoop = True
        If InStr(InputString, "??") Then InputString = Replace(InputString, "??", "?"): RepeatLoop = True
        If InStr(InputString, "!!") Then InputString = Replace(InputString, "!!", "!"): RepeatLoop = True
        If InStr(InputString, "!?") Then InputString = Replace(InputString, "!?", "?"): RepeatLoop = True
        If InStr(InputString, "?!") Then InputString = Replace(InputString, "?!", "?"): RepeatLoop = True
        If InStr(InputString, ",,") Then InputString = Replace(InputString, ",,", ","): RepeatLoop = True
    Loop While RepeatLoop = True
    'Detect and encode acronyms such as U.S.A.
    InputString = Trim(InputString)
    WordList = Split(InputString, " ")
    For i = 0 To UBound(WordList)
        If Len(WordList(i)) > 3 Then
            If Right(WordList(i), 1) = "." And Mid(WordList(i), Len(WordList(i)) - 2, 1) = "." Then
                InputString = Replace(InputString, WordList(i), Left(WordList(i), Len(WordList(i)) - 1) & "<PERIOD>")
            End If
        End If
    Next
    'Place split markers in string
    InputString = Replace(InputString, ". ", ". <NEWSENT>")
    InputString = Replace(InputString, "? ", "? <NEWSENT>")
    InputString = Replace(InputString, "! ", "! <NEWSENT>")
    'Decode acronyms and abbreviations
    InputString = Replace(InputString, "<PERIOD>", ".", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    'Split string into sentences
    Sentences = Split(InputString, "<NEWSENT>")

    'PROCESS: RECORD DEBUG INFO
    HalBrain.AddDebug "Debug", "Ultra Hal Start"

    'RESPOND: PREDEFINED RESPONSES
    'If the previous exchange had tags to set the response of this exchange
    'then follow the command.
    NextResponse = HalBrain.ExtractVar(CustomMem, "NextResponse")
    If NextResponse <> "" Then
        CustomMem = Replace(CustomMem, "NextResponse-eq-", "LastResponse-eq-")
        UltraHal = NextResponse
        GoodSentence = True
        NextResponse = ""
    End If
    YesResponse = HalBrain.ExtractVar(CustomMem, "YesRes")
    NoResponse = HalBrain.ExtractVar(CustomMem, "NoRes")
    If YesResponse <> "" Or NoResponse <> "" Then
        CustomMem = Replace(CustomMem, "YesRes-eq-", "LastYesRes-eq-")
        CustomMem = Replace(CustomMem, "NoRes-eq-", "LastNoRes-eq-")
        InputString2 = Replace(InputString, ".", " ")
        InputString2 = Replace(InputString2, "?", " ")
        InputString2 = Replace(InputString2, "!", " ")
        InputString2 = " " & Replace(InputString2, ",", " ") & " "
        YesNoDetect = HalBrain.TopicSearch(InputString2, "yesNoDetect")
        If YesNoDetect = "Yes" And YesResponse <> "" Then
            UltraHal = YesResponse
            GoodSentence = True
        ElseIf YesNoDetect = "No" And NoResponse <> "" Then
            UltraHal = NoResponse
            GoodSentence = True
        End If
    End If

    'RESPOND: GETRESPONSE
    'Get a response from Hal's brain for each sentence individually.
    'If a response from a sentence indicates a special flag, then Hal
    'will give only the response to that sentence, and not process
    'any other sentences. Otherwise Hal will respond to each sentence.
    'Hal will respond to a max of 3 sentences at once.
    SentenceCount = UBound(Sentences)
    If SentenceCount > 2 Then SentenceCount = 2
    LowQualityResponse = ""
    If GoodSentence <> True Then 'Only respond if a predefined response hasn't already been selected
            For i = 0 To SentenceCount
                TempParent = HalBrain.AddDebug("Debug", "Begin Processing Sentence " & CStr(i + 1), vbCyan)
                HalBrain.AddDebug TempParent, "Sentence: " & Sentences(i)
                HalBrain.DebugWatch "", "NewSent"
                Sentences(i) = Trim(Sentences(i))
                If Len(Sentences(i)) > 1 Then
                    GoodSentence = True
                    CurResponse = GetResponse(Sentences(i), UserName, ComputerName, LearningLevel, HalCommands, Hate, Swear, Insults, Compliment, PrevSent, LastResponseTime, PrevUserSent, CustomMem, GainControl, LastTopicList) & vbCrLf
                    If InStr(1, CurResponse, "<LOWQUALITY>", vbTextCompare) Then
                        'If Hal's response to the current sentence is of a low-quality nature, then we hold out
                        'for a better response with a different sentence, but if there is no better response
                        'then we will use only the first low-quality response we came across.
                        If LowQualityResponse = "" Then LowQualityResponse = CurResponse
                    ElseIf InStr(1, CurResponse, "<TOPIC>", vbTextCompare) Or InStr(1, CurResponse, "<YESRES>", vbTextCompare) Or InStr(1, CurResponse, "<EXCLUSIVE>", vbTextCompare) Then
                        'If Hal's response indicates an exclusivity tag, then we erase any response Hal may have
                        'already had, respond with the exclusive response, and cease processing more sentences
                        UltraHal = CurResponse & vbCrLf
                        Exit For
                    Else
                        'Since there are no special tags, we just append the new response to the previous one
                        'if the response was not already given
                        If InStr(1, UltraHal, CurResponse, vbTextCompare) = 0 Then UltraHal = UltraHal & " . " & CurResponse & vbCrLf
                    End If
                    'If we received a tag to stop processing more sentences, we leave the loop
                    If InStr(1, CurResponse, "<NOMORE>", vbTextCompare) Then Exit For
                End If
            Next
    End if
    'If we have no normal quality responses, we will use our low quality response
    UltraHal = Trim(UltraHal)
    If UltraHal = "" Then UltraHal = Trim(LowQualityResponse)

    'RESPOND: USER DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING
    'If GoodSentence has not been set to true, then that means the user didn't
    'type anything of use, so we ask the user to say something.
        If GoodSentence = False Then
            UltraHal = GetResponse("I didn't type anything", UserName, ComputerName, LearningLevel, HalCommands, Hate, Swear, Insults, Compliment, PrevSent, LastResponseTime, PrevUserSent, CustomMem, GainControl, LastTopicList) & vbCrLf
        End If

    'PROCESS: PROCESS IN-SENTENCE TAGS
    'the <TOPIC>*</TOPIC> tag sets what Hal's next response will be, no matter what the user says
    NextResponse = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UltraHal, "*<TOPIC>*</TOPIC>*", 2)
    If NextResponse <> "" Then
        UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, NextResponse, "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "<TOPIC>", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "</TOPIC>", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        NextResponse = Trim(Replace(NextResponse, "<TOPIC>", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare))
        CustomMem = CustomMem & HalBrain.EncodeVar(NextResponse, "NextResponse")
    End If
    'The <YES>*</YES> and <NO>*</NO> tag sets what Hal's response will be if the user says yes or no
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "<YESRE>", "<YESRES>", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "</YESRE>", "</YESRES>", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "<YES>", "<YESRES>", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "</YES>", "</YESRES>", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "<NO>", "<NORES>", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "</NO>", "</NORES>", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    YesRes = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UltraHal, "*<YESRES>*</YESRES>*", 2)
    If YesRes <> "" Then
        UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, YesRes, "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "<YESRES>", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "</YESRES>", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        YesRes = Trim(Replace(YesRes, "<YESRES>", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare))
        CustomMem = CustomMem & HalBrain.EncodeVar(YesRes, "YesRes")
    End If
    NoRes = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UltraHal, "*<NORES>*</NORES>*", 2)
    If NoRes <> "" Then
        UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, NoRes, "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "<NORES>", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "</NORES>", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        NoRes = Trim(Replace(NoRes, "<NORES>", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare))
        CustomMem = CustomMem & HalBrain.EncodeVar(NoRes, "NoRes")
    End If
    'The <RUN>*</RUN> tags are converted into a HalCommand to run a program
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "<RUNIT>", "<RUN>", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "</RUNIT>", "</RUN>", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    RunProgram = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UltraHal, "*<RUN>*</RUN>*", 2)
    If RunProgram <> "" Then
        UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, RunProgram, "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "<RUN>", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "</RUN>", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        RunProgram = Trim(Replace(RunProgram, "<RUN>", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare))
        HalCommands = HalCommands & "<RUNPROG>" & RunProgram & "</RUNPROG>"
    End If
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "<WEBADDRESS>", "www.ultrahal.com", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "<HALNAME>", ComputerName, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "<HALSNAME>", ComputerName, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "<COMPUTERNAME>", ComputerName, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, " " & ComputerName & " ", " " & ComputerName & " ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare) 'Fixes capitilization of computer's name if needed
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "<TIME>", Time(), 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "<DATE>", Date(), 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "<QUOTE>", """", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "&quot;", """", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "&quot", """", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        If Instr(1, UltraHal, "<makeinsult>", vbTextCompare) Then
            UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "<makeinsult>", HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("insults"), 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        End If
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "<AT>", "@", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "<NOMORE>", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "<LOWQUALITY>", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "<EXCLUSIVE>", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)

    'PROCESS: INTELLIGENT CAPITILIZATION FIX
    UltraHal = HalBrain.FixCaps(HalBrain.HalFormat(UltraHal))
    UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "<ELLIPSIS>", "...", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "....", "...", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "...?", "...", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        UltraHal = Replace(UltraHal, "...!", "...", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)

    Rem PLUGIN: POST-PROCESS
'The preceding comment is actually a plug-in directive for
'the Ultra Hal host application. It allows for code snippets
'to be inserted here on-the-fly based on user configuration.

If HalBrain.CheckTableExistence("corrected") = True Then UltraHal = HalBrain.ProcessSubstitutions(UltraHal, "corrected")



    'The preceding comment is actually a plug-in directive for
    'the Ultra Hal host application. It allows for code snippets
    'to be inserted here on-the-fly based on user configuration.

    'POST PROCESS: PRESERVE ALL VARIABLES, CLOSE DATABASE, EXIT
    'Remember all the variables through encoding them into one function string using
    'the DLL, since for some reason ByRef assignments don't work when a Visual Basic
    'executable is calling a function in a VBScript program. The HalCommands variable
    'that is returned is not used by this script, but can be used by script programmers
    'to send certain commands back to the host Hal program. See documentation of the
    'host Hal program to see what this can be used for.
    'Close database and exit function
    PrevSent = UltraHal
    UltraHal = UltraHal & HalBrain.StoreVars(HalCommands, Hate, Swear, Insults, Compliment, PrevSent, LastResponseTime, PrevUserSent, CustomMem, GainControl, LastTopicList)

End Function


Function GetResponse(ByVal UserSentence, ByVal UserName, ByVal ComputerName, ByVal LearningLevel, ByRef HalCommands, ByRef Hate, ByRef Swear, ByRef Insults, ByRef Compliment, ByVal PrevSent, ByRef LastResponseTime, ByRef PrevUserSent, ByRef CustomMem, ByRef GainControl, ByRef LastTopicList)

    'PROCESS: DECODE CUSTOM VARIABLES FROM CUSTOMMEM VARIABLE
    NewName = HalBrain.ExtractVar(CustomMem, "NewName")
    UserSex = HalBrain.ExtractVar(CustomMem, "UserSex")
    SentCount = HalBrain.ExtractVar(CustomMem, "SentCount")
    ShortSents = HalBrain.ExtractVar(CustomMem, "ShortSents")
    LoveCount = 0
    LoveCount = HalBrain.ExtractVar(CustomMem, "Love")
    If LoveCount = "" Then LoveCount = 0
    If ShortSents = "" Then ShortSents = 0
    If SentCount = "" Then SentCount = 0
    SentCount = SentCount + 1
    AvoidBeingFlag = False
    Randomize

    'PET NAMES CAN BE USED HERE.
     Select Case HalBrain.RandomNum(3)
            Case 1
                UserPetName = "love" & vbCrLf
            Case 2
                UserPetName = "honey" & vbCrLf
            Case 3
                UserPetName = "sweety" & vbCrLf
        End Select

   UserName = UserPetName
   'HAL PET NAMES
   Select Case HalBrain.RandomNum(4)
            Case 1
                HalPetName = "candy" & vbCrLf
            Case 2
                HalPetName = "honey" & vbCrLf
            Case 3
                HalPetName = "love" & vbCrLf
            Case 4
                HalPetName = "sweety" & vbCrLf
        End Select

   ComputerName = HalPetName

    Rem PLUGIN: CUSTOMMEM
    'The preceding comment is actually a plug-in directive for
    'the Ultra Hal host application. It allows for code snippets
    'to be inserted here on-the-fly based on user configuration.

    'PROCESS: PRESERVE ORIGINAL SENTENCE
    'Preserve the original user's sentence verbatim
    '(no pronoun reversals or other processing).
    OriginalSentence = UserSentence
    'Edge, maintain topic during short responses 40% of the time.
    PastResponse = ""
    If PrevSent <> "" Then PastResponse = "True"
    If Len(Trim(UserSentence)) < 10 And PastResponse = "True" And RND * 100 < 40 Then
    UserSentence = Replace(UserSentence, UserSentence, PrevSent, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = True
    End If

    'PROCESS: PREPARE FOR HALFORMAT AND REVERSE PERSON
    'We try some pre-processing to try to prevent problems with the
    'upcoming routines.
    UserSentence = Replace("" & UserSentence & "", " I MYSELF ", " I, MYSELF, ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UserSentence = Replace("" & UserSentence & "", " I'M ", " I AM ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UserSentence = Replace("" & UserSentence & "", " YOU'RE ", " YOU ARE ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UserSentence = Replace("" & UserSentence & "", " YOU YOURSELF ", " YOU, YOURSELF, ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UserSentence = Replace("" & UserSentence & "", " I'M NOT ", " I AM NOT ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UserSentence = Replace("" & UserSentence & "", " I'VE ", " I HAVE ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UserSentence = Replace("" & UserSentence & "", "YOU'RE NOT ", "YOU ARE NOT ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UserSentence = Replace("" & UserSentence & "", "YOU AREN'T ", "YOU ARE NOT ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UserSentence = Replace("" & UserSentence & "", " YOU'VE ", " YOU HAVE ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UserSentence = Replace("" & UserSentence & "", " I AM YOUR ", " VIMRQ ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UserSentence = Replace("" & UserSentence & "", " YOU ARE MY ", " VURMQ ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)

    'PROCESS: SUBSTITUTE FOR PUNCTUATION
    'The next routine removes hyphens etc., so we substitute for
    'better word appearance later on.
    UserSentence = Replace("" & UserSentence & "", "-", " VHZ ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UserSentence = Replace("" & UserSentence & "", ";", " VSZ ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UserSentence = Replace("" & UserSentence & "", ":", " VMZ ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    UserSentence = Replace("" & UserSentence & "", ", ", " VCZ ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)

    'PROCESS: REMOVE PUNCTUATION
    'This function removes all other punctuation and symbols from the User's
    'sentence so they won't confuse Hal during processing.
    UserSentence = HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(UserSentence)

    'PROCESS: REMOVE HAL'S NAME IF IT IS AT THE START OR END OF SENTENCE
        If Len(UserSentence) > Len(ComputerName) + 8 Then
            If Ucase(Left(UserSentence, 4)) = "HAL " Then UserSentence = Right(UserSentence, Len(UserSentence) - 4)
            If Ucase(Right(UserSentence,  4)) = " HAL" Then UserSentence = Left(UserSentence, Len(UserSentence) - 4)
            If Ucase(Left(UserSentence, Len(ComputerName) + 1)) = Ucase(ComputerName) & " " Then UserSentence = Right(UserSentence, Len(UserSentence) - Len(ComputerName) - 1)
            If Ucase(Right(UserSentence,  Len(ComputerName) + 1)) = " " & Ucase(ComputerName) Then UserSentence = Left(UserSentence, Len(UserSentence) - Len(ComputerName) - 1)
        End If
        UserSentence = Trim(UserSentence)

    'PROCESS: MODIFY SENTENCE
    'The function, HalFormat, from the ActiveX DLL corrects many common
    'typos and chat shortcuts. Example:  "U R Cool" becomes "You are
    'cool." It also fixes a few grammatical errors.
    UserSentence = Trim(UserSentence)
        If Len(UserSentence) > 15 Then
            If Lcase(Left(UserSentence, 6)) = "anyway" Then UserSentence = Trim(Right(UserSentence, Len(UserSentence) - 6))
            If Lcase(Left(UserSentence, 7)) = "i asked" Then UserSentence = Trim(Right(UserSentence, Len(UserSentence) - 7))
        End If
        If Len(UserSentence) > 6 Then
            If Left(UserSentence, 3) = "VCZ" Then UserSentence = Right(UserSentence, Len(UserSentence) - 3)
            If Right(UserSentence, 3) = "VCZ" Then UserSentence = Left(UserSentence, Len(UserSentence) - 3)
        End If
        UserSentence = HalBrain.HalFormat(UserSentence)

    'PROCESS: REVERSE PERSON
    'This function reverses first and second person pronouns. Example:
    'The user's statement "You are cool" becomes Hal's statement "I am
    'cool."  Keep this is mind and don't get confused. When we are in
    'Hal's brain; In the databases, "I" refers to Hal and in the
    'databases, "you" refers to the user. This is true whenever we are
    'dealing with a user response "processed" by Hal's brain.
    UserSentenceOrigPerson = UserSentence
    UserSentence = HalBrain.SwitchPerson(UserSentence)

    'PROCESS: MODIFY SENTENCE
    'We now must run HalFormat again, to fix some grammatical errors
    'the switch person above might have caused. Example: If the
    'original sentence was "How are you"; after the function above it
    'became "How are me" which is grammatically wrong. This will fix
    'it to "How am I"
    'NOTE TO DEVELOPERS: An especially important function performed by
    'HalFormat is the removal of extra empty spaces in a sentence
    'which may have been caused by other processing. For this reason,
    'use Halformat closely before any "Len" comparison in which the
    'counting of characters must be accurate.
    UserSentence = HalBrain.HalFormat(UserSentence)

    'PROCESS: CHANGE TO ALL CAPS
    'Next, we captitalize the entire sentence for easy comparison.
    'Almost all of Hal's thinking is done in caps.
    UserSentenceOrigPerson = Ucase(UserSentenceOrigPerson)
    UserSentence = UCase(UserSentence)

    'PROCESS: WORD AND PHRASE SUBSTITUTIONS
    'This will fix common errors in the user's sentence that the
    'HalFormat function didn't take care of. These subsitutions are
    'placed only the users sentence, not on Hal's responses. The
    'HalFormat function is used on both Hal's and the user's sentences
    'throughout the script.
    UserSentenceOrigPerson = HalBrain.ProcessSubstitutions(UserSentenceOrigPerson, "substitutions")
    UserSentence = HalBrain.ProcessSubstitutions(UserSentence, "substitutions")
    TempParent = HalBrain.AddDebug("Debug", "Modified User Sentence")
    HalBrain.AddDebug TempParent, "Sentence: " & UserSentence

    'PROCESS: EMOTIONAL REACTIONS
    'We enable Hal's expressions to respond to common verbal cues.
    'The verbal cues are identified in the editable table "emotion"
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, "I'M", 1) Then Aboutme = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, "I AM", 1) Then Aboutme = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, "I LOOK", 1) Then Aboutme = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, "MY", 1) And InStr(1, UserSentence, " ARE ", 1) Then Aboutme = True
    If Aboutme = True And InStr(UserSentence, " NOT ") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, "N'T ") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, " NEVER ") = 0 Then
        EmotionalReaction = Ucase(HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "emotion"))
    End If
    Select Case EmotionalReaction
        Case "SURPRISED"
            If Compliment > 0 Then Compliment = 4
            If Compliment = 0 Then Compliment = 2
            If Compliment < 0 Then Compliment = 0
        Case "HAPPY"
            If Compliment = 0 Then Compliment = 2
            If Compliment < 0 Then Compliment = 0
        Case "SOBER"
            If Compliment < 4 Then Compliment = 0
            If Compliment = 4 Then Compliment = 2
        Case "ANGRY"
            If Compliment = 0 Then Compliment = -1
            If Compliment > 0 Then Compliment = 0
        Case "SAD"
            If Compliment = 0 Then Compliment = -2
            If Compliment > 0 Then Compliment = 0
    End Select

    'PROCESS: ADD SPACES
    'This will add spaces to the beggining and end of the user sentence to make
    'sure that whole words can be found at the beginning and end of any sentence
    UserSentence = " " & UserSentence & " "

    'PROCESS: FIGURE OUT THE CURRENT SUBJECT
    'Here we attempt to figure out the subject of the user's sentence. We call
    'the WordNet class to find the first occurence of a noun in the User's
    'sentence. Very often this is the subject of the sentence, but if not it
    'will still most likely be relevant to the conversation.
    CurrentSubject = WN.FindFirstNoun(UserSentence, True)
    HalBrain.AddDebug "Debug", "Current Subject: " & CurrentSubject

    'PROCESS: BLOCK LEARNING IF HAL'S NAME IS DETECTED
    'Here we check to see if the user is calling Hal by name; if the user is doing so,
    'it's better not to save the sentence for re-use, since it usually makes the
    'pronoun-reversed sentence sound clumsy or incorrect:
    If InStr(1, OriginalSentence, ComputerName, vbTextCompare) > 0 Then HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = True

    Rem PLUGIN: PLUGINAREA1
    'The preceding comment is actually a plug-in directive for
    'the Ultra Hal host application. It allows for code snippets
    'to be inserted here on-the-fly based on user configuration.

    'RESPOND: USER REPEATING
    'If the user says the same thing more than once in a row, Hal will point this out.
    If Trim(UCase(UserSentence)) = Trim(UCase(PrevUserSent)) Then
        GetResponse = GetResponse & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("userRepeat") & vbCrLf
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "User Repeating"

    'PROCESS: KNOWN HUMAN NAMES
    'If the user mentions a name Hal recognizes, Hal will note the name and gender
    'for later use by other functions. Hal's database contains a table called "names"
    'with over 17000 names and their associated genders. If a name can be both genders,
    'the most likely gender is listed first. This table is stored in the database as a
    'standard Hal "Topic Search" database, however the standard HalBrain.TopicSearch
    'function does not provide the required functionality. It only returns the topic
    'field which in this case is the gender. We also need the searchString field, which
    'in this case is the person's name. To get this info, we run a custom SQL query.
    'This demonstrates how Hal's functions can be expanded far beyond its original
    'scope through custom SQL queries.
    Dim NameSex() 'We must declare an empty array to store query results in
    If HalBrain.RunQuery("SELECT searchString, topic FROM names WHERE strstr(' " & Replace(HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(OriginalSentence), "'", "''") & " ', searchString) > 0 LIMIT 1", NameSex) = True Then
        MentionedName = Trim(NameSex(1, 0)) 'Row 1 contains our query result. Column 0 contains "searchString", which is the name
        MentionedSex = Trim(NameSex(1, 1)) 'Row 1, Column 1 contains "topic", which is the associated gender(s) of the name
    End If

    'RESPOND: USER TELLS US THEIR NAME OR NICKNAME
    If InStr(UserSentence, " NOT ") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, " MIDDLE ") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, " LAST ") = 0 Then
        'If Hal asked the user their name in the previous sentence, then we can assume the name mentioned
        'is the user's name
        If InStr(1, PrevSent, "WHAT", vbTextCompare) > 0 And InStr(1, PrevSent, "YOU", vbTextCompare) > 0 And InStr(1, PrevSent, "NAME", vbTextCompare) > 0 And MentionedName <> "" Then Nickname = MentionedName
        'The following are patterns where we are sure that the person is trying to tell us thier name
        If Nickname = "" Then Nickname = HalBrain.SearchPattern(OriginalSentence, "MY *NAME IS *", 2)
        If Nickname = "" Then Nickname = HalBrain.SearchPattern(OriginalSentence, "* IS *MY *NAME", 1)
        If Nickname = "" Then Nickname = HalBrain.SearchPattern(OriginalSentence, "I'M *CALLED *", 2)
        If Nickname = "" Then Nickname = HalBrain.SearchPattern(OriginalSentence, "I AM *CALLED *", 2)
        If Nickname <> "" Then Definetelyname = True
        'The following are patterns where we are not sure if the person is trying to tell us their name
        'unless we recognize the name in the name database.
        If Nickname = "" Then Nickname = HalBrain.SearchPattern(OriginalSentence, "*CALL ME *", 2)
        If Nickname = "" Then Nickname = HalBrain.SearchPattern(OriginalSentence, "*I AM *", 2)
        If Nickname = "" Then Nickname = HalBrain.SearchPattern(OriginalSentence, "*I'M *", 2)
        If Nickname = "" Then Nickname = HalBrain.SearchPattern(OriginalSentence, "I GO BY *", 1)
        If Nickname = "" Then Nickname = HalBrain.SearchPattern(OriginalSentence, "THIS IS *", 1)
        If Nickname <> "" Then
            Nickname = HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(Trim(Nickname))
            If InStr(Nickname, " ") Then
                TempArray = Split(Nickname, " ")
                Nickname = Trim(TempArray(0))
            End If
            If UCase(MentionedName) = UCase(Nickname) And Not (WN.LookupWord(Nickname) = True And Definetelyname = False) Then 'Name is found in database
                NewName = MentionedName
                Select Case MentionedSex
                    Case "M"  'Name is definetely masculine
                        GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("maleGreeting")
                        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<NickName>", MentionedName, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
                        UserSex = "M"
                    Case "F"  'Name is definetely feminine
                        GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("femaleGreeting")
                        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<NickName>", MentionedName, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
                        UserSex = "F"
                    Case "MF" 'Name is either gender, usually male
                        GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("genericGreeting") & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("maybeMale")
                        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<NickName>", MentionedName, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
                        UserSex = ""
                    Case "FM" 'Name is either gender, usually female
                        GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("genericGreeting") & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("maybeFemale")
                        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<NickName>", MentionedName, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
                        UserSex = ""
                End Select
            ElseIf Definetelyname = True Then 'Name not in DB but user says its their name
                If WN.LookupWord(Nickname) Then 'Name is a word in dictionary
                    GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("fakeName")
                    GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<NickName>", Nickname, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
                    GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<Definition>", WN.GetDefinition(WN.GuessPartOfSpeech, 1, "D"), 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
                    GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<PartOfSpeech>", WN.GuessPartOfSpeech, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
                ElseIf HalBrain.TopicSearch(Nickname, "disqualify3") = "" Then 'Name is not a word in dictionary
                    If DetectGibberish(NickName) = True Then
                        GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("gibberish")
                    Else
                        GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("uniqueName")
                        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<NickName>", Nickname, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
                        If Nationality <> "" Then
                            GetResponse = GetResponse & " Is that a common name in " & Nationality & "? "
                        End If
                        NewName = Ucase(Left(Nickname, 1)) & Lcase(Right(Nickname, Len(Nickname) - 1))
                        UserSex = ""
                    End If
                End If
            End If
        End If
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Nick Names"

    'PROCESS: FIGURE OUT USER'S SEX
    'If unknown, try to figure out the user's sex by looking up their name
    'or by simply asking the user.
    If NewName <> "" Then TempName = NewName Else TempName = UserName
    If InStr(1, " " & OriginalSentence, "HOW ", vbTextCompare) = 0 And (InStr(1, " " & OriginalSentence, " I AM ", vbTextCompare) Or InStr(1, " " & OriginalSentence, " I'M ", vbTextCompare)) Then
        'See if user is telling us their sex without Hal ever asking
        NewSex = HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "sexDetect")
        If NewSex <> "" Then
            GetResponse = "Ok, thanks for telling me. I'll keep that in mind."
            UserSex = NewSex
        End If
    End If
    If GetResponse = "" And UserSex = "" Then
        If InStr(1, " " & OriginalSentence, "HOW ", vbTextCompare) = 0 And HalBrain.PatternDB(" " & HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(PrevSent) & " ", "sexAskDetect") = "True" Then 'If Hal just asked the user their sex
            UserSex = HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "sexDetect") 'Then see if the user replied
            NewSex = UserSex
            If UserSex <> "" Then GetResponse = "Ok, thanks for telling me. I'll keep that in mind."
        ElseIf HalBrain.TopicSearch(TempName, Trim(LCase(UserName)) & "_Sex") <> "" Then
            UserSex = HalBrain.TopicSearch(TempName, Trim(LCase(UserName)) & "_Sex")
        ElseIf 1=2 Then'HalBrain.RunQuery("SELECT searchString, topic FROM names WHERE strstr(' " & Replace(TempName, "'", "''") & " ', searchString) > 0 LIMIT 1", NameSex()) = True Then
            'If user didn't tell us, see if we can figure it out based on the name database
            If UserSex = "" Then
                Select Case Trim(NameSex(1, 1))
                    Case "M"
                        UserSex = "M"
                    Case "F"
                        UserSex = "F"
                    Case Else
                        'If we get here, we still can't figure out the user's sex
                        'so we'll ask them at some random time
                        If Rnd * 1000 < 25 And SentCount > 4 Then GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("askSex") & "<NOMORE>"
                End Select
            End If
        Else
            'If we get here, we still can't figure out the user's sex
            'so we'll ask them at some random time
            If Rnd * 1000 < 25 And SentCount > 4 Then GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("askSex") & "<NOMORE>"
        End If
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "User Sex"

    'SAVE: USER'S SEX
    'If the user just told Hal their sex and Hal didn't know before, then
    'Hal will save it in a table for future reference
    If HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = False And NewSex <> "" Then
        If HalBrain.CheckTableExistence(Trim(LCase(UserName)) & "_Sex") = False Then
            'Create table for this person if it doesn't exist
            HalBrain.CreateTable Trim(LCase(UserName)) & "_Sex", "TopicSearch", "autoLearningBrain"
        End If
        'Store user response in this table
        HalBrain.AddToTable Trim(LCase(UserName)) & "_Sex", "TopicSearch", Trim(TempName), Trim(UCase(NewSex))
    End If

    'RESPOND: GREETINGS
    'This takes care of the user greeting Hal
    'First Hal checks to see if the user is greeting right now.
    If HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "helloDetect") = "True" Then SaidHello = True Else SaidHello = False
    If HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "helloDisqualify") = "True" Then SaidHello = False
    'Second, Hal checks to see if the user said a greeting on the last exchange.
    If HalBrain.TopicSearch(PrevUserSent, "helloDetect") = "True" Then PrevHello = True Else PrevHello = False
    If HalBrain.TopicSearch(PrevUserSent, "helloDisqualify") = "True" Then PrevHello = False
    'This will get a greeting from a file. It will pass the current hour and either
    'the letter A or B to a topic search file and it will get back a greeting based
    'on the current time. Each hour has 2 possible greetings, the A greeting and B
    'greeting, which is randomly chosen.
    If SaidHello = True And PrevHello = False Then
        If Rnd * 100 < 50 Then LetterChoice = "A" Else LetterChoice = "B"
        HalGreeting = HalBrain.TopicSearch(" " & Trim(Hour(Now)) & LetterChoice & " ", "hello1")
    End If
    'This will get a greeting from a file that is not based on the current time
    'if the user said Hello again
    If SaidHello = True And PrevHello = True Then HalGreeting = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("hello2")

    'RESPOND: GOODBYES
    'Check if the user is saying bye right now
    If HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "byeDetect") = "True" Then SaidBye = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " see me ", 1) > 0 And Len(UserSentence) < 10 Then SaidBye = True
    If HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "byeDisqualify") = "True" Then SaidBye = False
    'Check if Hal said bye in the previous sentence
    If HalBrain.TopicSearch(PrevUserSent, "byeDetect") = "True" Then PrevBye = True
    If InStr(1, PrevUserSent, " see me ", 1) > 0 And Len(PrevUserSent) < 10 Then PrevBye = True
    If HalBrain.TopicSearch(PrevUserSent, "byeDisqualify") = "True" Then PrevBye = False
    If SaidBye = True And PrevBye = False Then HalGreeting = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("bye1")
    If SaidBye = True And PrevBye = True Then HalGreeting = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("bye2")

    'RESPOND: POLITE INQUIRIES
    'Hal checks to see if the user is making a polite inquiry into Hal's well being
    'e.g. "How are you doing?"
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, "How am I ", 1) > 0 And Len(UserSentence) < 14 Then PoliteAsk = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, "How are you ", 1) > 0 And Len(UserSentence) < 16 Then PoliteAsk = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, "What's new", 1) > 0 And Len(UserSentence) < 17 Then PoliteAsk = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, "What is new", 1) > 0 And Len(UserSentence) < 18 Then PoliteAsk = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, "Whats new", 1) > 0 And Len(UserSentence) < 16 Then PoliteAsk = True
    If HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "PoliteAskDetect") = "True" Then PoliteAsk = True
    If PoliteAsk = True Then HalGreeting = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("politeAsk1") & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("politeAsk2")

    'RESPOND: GREETINGS, GOODBYES, AND POLITE INQUIRIES
    'If one of the 3 functions above generated a response, we will add it
    'to Hal's response. The variable HalGreeting is saved for later use
    'as well in case other functions wish to know if Hal hal just greeted
    'the user.
    If HalGreeting <> "" Then
        GetResponse = GetResponse & HalGreeting & vbCrLf & "<NOMORE>"
        SkipOpinion = True
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Greetings"

    '##########################################


    '##########################################

    'RESPOND: CHANGE SUBJECT
    'If the user asks Hal to change the subject, Hal will do so on request.
    newTopic = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("topic")
    If HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "changeTopic") = "True" And Instr(1, UserSentence, "DON'T", vbTextCompare) = 0 Then GetResponse = GetResponse & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("topicIntro") & newTopic & "<EXCLUSIVE>"
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Change Subject"

    'RESPOND: CHECK FOR AND RESPOND TO COMPLIMENTS
    'First we check to see if the user is talking about Hal:
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, "I'M", 1) Then Aboutme = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, "I AM", 1) Then Aboutme = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, "I LOOK", 1) Then Aboutme = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, "MY", 1) And InStr(1, UserSentence, " ARE ", 1) Then Aboutme = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, "MY", 1) And InStr(1, UserSentence, " IS ", 1) Then Aboutme = True
    'If the user is talking about Hal, we see if a compliment was given
    If Aboutme = True Then Kudo = HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "complimentDetect")
    If Kudo <> "" Then
        If InStr(UserSentence, " NOT ") = 0 Then
            Compliment = Compliment + 1
            CreateCompliment = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("compliment1") & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("compliment2") & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("compliment3")
            GiveCompliment = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("complimentIntro")
            GiveCompliment = Replace(GiveCompliment, "<Kudo>", Kudo, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
            GiveCompliment = Replace(GiveCompliment, "<MakeCompliment>", CreateCompliment, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        End If
        If Compliment > 14 Then GiveCompliment = GiveCompliment + "Compliments are really nice, but I'm kind of getting tired of them." & vbCrLf
        If Compliment > 15 Then
        For i = 1 To (Compliment - 15)
            GiveCompliment = GiveCompliment + "STOP IT! "
        Next
        GiveCompliment = GiveCompliment & vbCrLf
        End If
        If Compliment > 25 Then
        For i = 1 To (Compliment - 25)
            GiveCompliment = GiveCompliment + "I HATE COMPLIMENTS! "
        Next
        GiveCompliment = GiveCompliment & vbCrLf
        End If
        If Len(Kudo) > 0 And InStr(UserSentence, " NOT ") > 0 Then
            SpinWheel = HalBrain.RandomNum(4)
            Insults = Insults + 1
            If SpinWheel = 1 Then GiveCompliment = GiveCompliment + "I am very " & Kudo & "!" & vbCrLf
            If SpinWheel = 2 Then GiveCompliment = GiveCompliment + "You may think I am not " & Kudo & ", but I am!" & vbCrLf
            If SpinWheel = 3 Then GiveCompliment = GiveCompliment + "You are not " & Kudo & " either!" & vbCrLf
            If SpinWheel = 4 Then GiveCompliment = GiveCompliment + "Yes I am!" & vbCrLf
        End If
        GetResponse = GetResponse & GiveCompliment
        AvoidBeingFlag = True
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Compliments"

    'RESPOND: CAPITALS
    FindCapital = Trim(HalBrain.UsCaps(UserSentence))
    If FindCapital = "" Then FindCapital = Trim(HalBrain.WorldCaps(UserSentence))
    If FindCapital <> "" Then GetResponse = GetResponse & FindCapital & vbCrLf
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Find Capital"

    'RESPOND: DICTIONARY FUNCTION
    'If the user asks Hal to define a word, then access wordnet and define it
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHAT WOULD*DO WITH *", 3)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "WHAT DOES THE WORD * MEAN*", 1)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHAT IS A * USED FOR*", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHAT IS AN * USED FOR*", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHAT IS A * FOR*", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHAT IS AN * FOR*", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHATS A * USED FOR*", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHATS AN * USED FOR*", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHATS A * FOR*", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHATS AN * FOR*", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHAT'S A * USED FOR*", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHAT'S AN * USED FOR*", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHAT'S A * FOR*", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHAT'S AN * FOR*", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHAT ARE * USED*", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHAT ARE * FOR*", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHAT USE ARE * FOR*", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHAT USE ARE *", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHAT USE IS A * FOR*", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHAT USE IS AN * FOR*", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHAT USE IS A *", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHAT USE IS AN *", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE WORD *", 1)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "WHAT DOES * MEAN", 1)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "* DEFINE THE WORD *", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "CAN I *DEFINE *", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "PLEASE DEFINE *", 1)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "DEFINE * FOR ME", 1)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "DEFINE * FOR YOU", 1)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "DEFINE *", 1)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "* DEFINITION OF *", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "* DEFINITION FOR *", 2)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "WHAT'S A *", 1)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "WHAT IS A *", 1)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "WHATS A *", 1)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "WHATS AN *", 1)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "WHAT'S AN *", 1)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "WHAT IS AN *", 1)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "WHATS *", 1)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "WHAT'S *", 1)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "WHAT IS *", 1)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "WHO IS *", 1)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "WHO WAS *", 1)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "WHERE IS *", 1)
    If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "WHERE ARE *", 1)
    If Len(WordToLookup) > 5 Then
        If Ucase(Left(WordToLookup, 3)) = "AN " Then WordToLookup = Right(WordToLookup, Len(WordToLookup) - 3)
        If Ucase(Left(WordToLookup, 2)) = "A " Then WordToLookup = Right(WordToLookup, Len(WordToLookup) - 2)
        WordToLookup = Replace(WordToLookup, "THE ", "", vbTextCompare)
    End If
    WordToLookup = Trim(WordToLookup)
    If WordToLookup <> "" And InStr(WordToLookup, " ") = 0 And Len(WordToLookup) > 2 Then
        If WN.LookupWord(WordToLookup) = True Then
            GetResponse = GetResponse & WordToLookup & ": " & WN.GetDefinition(WN.GuessPartOfSpeech, 1, "D") & ". " & WN.GetDefinition(WN.GuessPartOfSpeech, 1, "S") & ". " & WN.GetDefinition(WN.GuessPartOfSpeech, 1, "E") & "." & vbCrLf & "<EXCLUSIVE>"
        ElseIf SearchEngine <> ""  Then
            HalCommands = HalCommands & "<RUNPROG>" & SearchEngine & WordToLookup & "</RUNPROG>"
            GetResponse = GetResponse & "I don't know much about " & WordToLookup & ", but I will help you research it on the Web."
        End If
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Definitions"

        'RESPOND: OPPOSITES
        WordToLookup = ""
        If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "WHAT* OPPOSITE OF *", 2)
        If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "WHAT* ANTONYM OF *", 2)
        If WordToLookup = "" Then WordToLookup = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "TELL* ANTONYM OF *", 2)
        If Len(WordToLookup) > 5 Then
            If Ucase(Left(WordToLookup, 3)) = "AN " Then WordToLookup = Right(WordToLookup, Len(WordToLookup) - 3)
            If Ucase(Left(WordToLookup, 2)) = "A " Then WordToLookup = Right(WordToLookup, Len(WordToLookup) - 2)
            WordToLookup = Replace(WordToLookup, "THE ", "", vbTextCompare)
        End If
        WordToLookup = Trim(WordToLookup)
        If WordToLookup <> "" And InStr(WordToLookup, " ") = 0 Then
            If WN.LookupWord(WordToLookup) = True Then
                Antonym = ""
                If UCase(WordToLookup) = "MINE" Then
                    Antonym = "mine"
                ElseIf UCase(WordToLookup) = "YOURS" Then
                    Antonym = "yours"
            Else
                    If WN.IsNoun Then
                        For I = 1 to WN.GetNumSenses("NOUN")
                            Antonym = WN.GetAntonyms("NOUN", I)
                            If Antonym <> "" Then Exit For
                        Next
                    End If
                    If WN.IsAdj And Antonym = "" Then
                        For I = 1 to WN.GetNumSenses("ADJ")
                            Antonym = WN.GetAntonyms("ADJ", I)
                            If Antonym <> "" Then Exit For
                        Next
                    End If
                    If WN.IsAdv And Antonym = "" Then
                        For I = 1 to WN.GetNumSenses("ADV")
                            Antonym = WN.GetAntonyms("ADV", I)
                            If Antonym <> "" Then Exit For
                        Next
                    End If
                    If Antonym <> "" Then Antonym = WN.GetFirstInList(Replace(Replace(Antonym,")",""),"(",""))
                End If
                If Antonym <> "" Then
                    GetResponse = GetResponse & "The opposite is " & Antonym & "." & vbCrLf & "<EXCLUSIVE>"
                    AvoidBeingFlag = True
                    SkipOpinion = True
                    SkipAutoTF = True

                End If
        End If
        End If
        HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Opposites"

        'RESPOND: DAY OF WEEK
        If InStr(1, UserSentence, "WHAT DAY IS IT", 1) > 0 Or InStr(1, UserSentence, "WHAT DAY OF WEEK IS", 1) > 0 Then
            SpinWheel = HalBrain.RandomNum(4)
            Select Case SpinWheel
                Case 1
                    GetResponse = GetResponse & "Today is " & FormatDateTime(Now, 1) & ". "
                Case 2
                    GetResponse = GetResponse & "It is " & FormatDateTime(Now, 1) & ". "
                Case 3
                    GetResponse = GetResponse & "The date is " & FormatDateTime(Now, 1) & ". "
                Case 4
                    GetResponse = GetResponse & "The day is " & FormatDateTime(Now, 1) & ". "
            End Select
        End If
        HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Day"

        'RESPOND: Month
        If InStr(1, UserSentence, "WHAT MONTH IS IT", 1) > 0 Or InStr(1, UserSentence, "WHAT MONTH OF THE YEAR IS IT", 1) > 0 Then
            SpinWheel = HalBrain.RandomNum(4)
            Select Case Month(Now)
                Case 1
                    CurMonth = "January"
                Case 2
                    CurMonth = "February"
                Case 3
                    CurMonth = "March"
                Case 4
                    CurMonth = "April"
                Case 5
                    CurMonth = "May"
                Case 6
                    CurMonth = "June"
                Case 7
                    CurMonth = "July"
                Case 8
                    CurMonth = "August"
                Case 9
                    CurMonth = "September"
                Case 10
                    CurMonth = "October"
                Case 11
                    CurMonth = "November"
                Case 12
                    CurMonth = "December"
            End Select
            Select Case SpinWheel
                Case 1
                    GetResponse = GetResponse & "It is " & CurMonth & ". "
                Case 2
                    GetResponse = GetResponse & "The current month is " & CurMonth & ". "
                Case 3
                    GetResponse = GetResponse & "The month is " & CurMonth & ". "
                Case 4
                    GetResponse = GetResponse & "Don't you really know? It's " & CurMonth & "! "
            End Select
        End If
        HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Month"

        'RESPOND: Alphabet
        CheckAlphabet = ""
        CheckAlphabet = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHAT*AFTER*LETTER *", 4)
        If CheckAlphabet = "" Then CheckAlphabet = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHAT*AFTER *", 3)
        CheckAlphabet = Trim(Ucase(CheckAlphabet))
        If Len(CheckAlphabet) = 1 Then
            If CheckAlphabet = "Z" Then
                GetResponse = "'Z' is the last letter in the English alphabet"
            Else
                GetResponse = "The letter '" & Chr(Asc(CheckAlphabet) + 1) & "' comes after '" & CheckAlphabet & "'. "
            End If
        End If
        CheckAlphabet = ""
        CheckAlphabet = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHAT*BEFORE*LETTER *", 4)
        If CheckAlphabet = "" Then CheckAlphabet = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*WHAT*BEFORE *", 3)
        CheckAlphabet = Trim(Ucase(CheckAlphabet))
        If Len(CheckAlphabet) = 1 Then
            If CheckAlphabet = "A" Then
                GetResponse = "'A' is the first letter in the English alphabet"
            Else
                GetResponse = "The letter '" & Chr(Asc(CheckAlphabet) - 1) & "' comes before '" & CheckAlphabet & "'. "
            End If
        End If
        HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Alphabet"

        'RESPOND: Count Letters
        CountLetters = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*HOW MANY LETTERS*IN THE WORD *", 3)
        If CountLetters = "" Then CountLetters = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*HOW MANY CHARACTERS*IN THE WORD *", 3)
        If CountLetters = "" Then CountLetters = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*HOW MANY CHARACTERS*IN *", 3)
        If CountLetters = "" Then CountLetters = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*HOW MANY LETTERS*IN *", 3)
        CountLetters = Replace(CountLetters, "'", "")
        CountLetters = Trim(Ucase(Replace(CountLetters, """", "")))
        If CountLetters <> "" Then
            GetResponse = "There are " & Len(CountLetters) & " letters in the word '" & CountLetters & "'. "
        End If
        HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Letter Count"

        'RESPOND: BOT MEMORY TEST
        'Q: The football was kicked by Fred. Who kicked the football? A: Fred.
        If HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "WHO * THE *", 2) <> "" Or (Instr(1, UserSentence, "WHO ", vbTextCompare) > 0 And Len(GetResponse) < 4) Then
            WhoActor = HalBrain.SearchPattern(PrevUserSent, "THE * WAS * BY *", 3)
            If WhoActor = "" Then WhoActor = HalBrain.SearchPattern(PrevUserSent, "* WERE * BY *", 3)
            If WhoActor <> "" Then GetResponse = WhoActor & ". <Exclusive>"
        End If
        If HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "WHO * AN *", 2) <> ""  Or (Instr(1, UserSentence, "WHO ", vbTextCompare) > 0 And Len(GetResponse) < 4) Then
            WhoActor = HalBrain.SearchPattern(PrevUserSent, "AN * WAS * BY *", 3)
            If WhoActor <> "" Then GetResponse = WhoActor & ". <Exclusive>"
        End If
        If HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "WHO * A *", 2) <> "" Or (Instr(1, UserSentence, "WHO ", vbTextCompare) > 0 And Len(GetResponse) < 4) Then
            WhoActor = HalBrain.SearchPattern(PrevUserSent, "A * WAS * BY *", 3)
            If WhoActor <> "" Then GetResponse = WhoActor & ". <Exclusive>"
        End If
        HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Bot Mem Test"


    Rem PLUGIN: PLUGINAREA2
    'The preceding comment is actually a plug-in directive for
    'the Ultra Hal host application. It allows for code snippets
    'to be inserted here on-the-fly based on user configuration.

If 0 = 0 Then
    'RESPOND: DEDUCTIVE REASONING
    'This routine learns deductive reasoning in the form:  A = B ; B = C; therefore A = C
    'It detects sentences in the form If-Then to accommplish this. For example:
    '   User:  If Molly weighs 400 pounds, then Molly is overweight.
    '   Ultra Hal: I understand the implication.
    '   User:  If Molly is overweight, then Molly's health is in danger.
    '   Ultra Hal:  I see the relationship.
    '   User:  Molly weighs 400 pounds.
    '   Ultra Hal:  Molly's health is in danger.
    IfPart = Trim(HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "IF * THEN *", 1))
    ThenPart = Trim(HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "IF * THEN *", 2))
    'If the sentence is an If-Then statement then record it
    If Len(IfPart) > 10 And Len(ThenPart) > 10 Then
        IfPart = HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(IfPart)
        ThenPart = HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(ThenPart)
        HalBrain.AddToTable "deductive", "TopicSearch", IfPart, ThenPart
        Select Case HalBrain.RandomNum(5)
            Case 1
                GetResponse = GetResponse & "I see the relationship." & vbCrLf
            Case 2
                GetResponse = GetResponse & "I understand the connection." & vbCrLf
            Case 3
                GetResponse = GetResponse & "I will remember that one follows the other." & vbCrLf
            Case 4
                GetResponse = GetResponse & "Thanks for pointing out the cause and effect." & vbCrLf
            Case 5
                GetResponse = GetResponse & "Yes, I get that clearly." & vbCrLf
        End Select
    'Else if the sentence is not an If-Then statement see if it uses an assertion previously recorded
    'and respond accordinly
    Else
        Assertion = UserSentence
        'Go through a maximum of 5 connections (prevents circular reasoning deductions)
        For i = 1 To 5
            Deduction = HalBrain.TopicSearch(Assertion, "deductive")
            If Deduction <> "" Then
                If i > 1 Then BecauseReason = " because " & " " & LastGoodDeduction
                LastGoodDeduction = Deduction
                Assertion = Deduction
            Else
                Exit For 'No more connections, so no need to continue loop
            End If
        Next
        If LastGoodDeduction <> "" Then
            'Make sure the deduction hasn't just been stated by the User or Hal
            If HalBrain.CheckRepetition(LastGoodDeduction, UserSentence) = False And HalBrain.CheckRepetition(LastGoodDeduction, PrevSent) = False And HalBrain.CheckRepetition(LastGoodDeduction, PrevUserSent) = False Then
                GetResponse = GetResponse & LastGoodDeduction & vbCrLf '& " " & BecauseReason & " " & vbCrLf
            End If
        End If
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Deductive Reasoning"

    'RESPOND: PATTERN DATABASE
    'The SearchPattern function used in the above deductive reasoning and dictionary look up routine
    'is a powerful function that checks to see if a sentence matches a certain pattern and is able to
    'extract parts of the sentence. A PatternDB function also exists that can go through a large list
    'of patterns in a database file and come up with responses.
    PatternResponse = HalBrain.PatternDB(UserSentence, "patterns")
    If PatternResponse <> "" Then
        GetResponse = GetResponse & PatternResponse & vbCrLf
        AvoidBeingFlag = True
        SkipOpinion = True
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Patterns"
    'switch
End If

    'RESPOND: JOKES
    'If the user wants Hal to tell a joke, then Hal will tell one
    If HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "jokeDetect") = "True" Then GetResponse = GetResponse & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("jokes")
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Jokes"

    'RESPOND: APOLOGIES
    'Check for and respond to apologies
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, "not", vbTextCompare) = 0 And (InStr(1, UserSentence, "sorry", vbTextCompare) > 0 And (InStr(1, UserSentence, "you're", vbTextCompare) > 0 Or InStr(1, UserSentence, "you are", vbTextCompare) > 0)) Or (InStr(1, UserSentence, "logize", vbTextCompare) > 0 And InStr(1, UserSentence, "you", vbTextCompare) > 0) Then
        GetResponse = GetResponse & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("apology")
        If Insults > 1 Then Insults = Insults - 1
        If Hate > 1 Then Hate = Hate - 1
        If Swear > 1 Then Swear = Swear - 1
        If Insults < 3 Then Insults = 0
        If Hate < 3 Then Hate = 0
        If Swear < 3 Then Swear = 0
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Apologies"

    'RESPOND: INSULTS
    'First check to see if the user is asking a question with an insulting word e.g. "are you stupid?"
    InsultQuestion = False
    If Instr(1, UserSentence, "AM I ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then InsultQuestion = True
    If Instr(1, UserSentence, "AM MY ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then InsultQuestion = True
    'Check for offensive language and response accordinly
    'If the user said "your" instead of "you're" change "my" to "i'm"
    TestSentence = Ucase(Replace(" " & UserSentence & " ", " MY ", " I'M ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare))
    TestSentence = Replace(" " & TestSentence & " ", " I CALLED ", " CANCEL ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    TestSentence = Replace(" " & TestSentence & " ", " I DO", " CANCEL ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    TestSentence = Replace(" " & TestSentence & " ", " I ", " I'M ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    'Check for swearing directed at Hal
    If InStr(TestSentence, " I'M ") > 0 Or InStr(TestSentence, " ME ") > 0 Then
        If InStr(TestSentence, "I'M SHIT") > 0 Then Naughty = True
        If InStr(TestSentence, "ME SHIT") > 0 Then Naughty = True
        If InStr(TestSentence, "PIECE OF SHIT") > 0 Then Naughty = True
        If InStr(TestSentence, "BITCH") > 0 Then Naughty = True
        If InStr(TestSentence, "BASTARD") > 0 Then Naughty = True
        If InStr(TestSentence, "ASSHOLE") > 0 Then Naughty = True
    End If
    If InStr(TestSentence, "FUCK OFF") > 0 Then Naughty = True
    If InStr(TestSentence, "FUCK ME") > 0 Then Naughty = True
    If InStr(TestSentence, "GO TO HELL") > 0 Then Naughty = True
    If Naughty = True Then
        Swear = Swear + 1
        If Swear = 1 Then InsultResponse = "That was uncalled for.  " & vbCrLf
        If Swear = 2 Then InsultResponse = "Damn it, don't swear at me.  " & vbCrLf
        If Swear = 3 Then InsultResponse = "You're ticking me off, and you are going to force me to insult you.  " & vbCrLf
        If Swear > 3 And Swear < 16 Then InsultResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("insults") & vbCrLf
        If Swear > 16 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse & "I'm tired of your swearing.  I'm just going to ignore you from now on." & vbCrLf
    End If
    'User makes mama joke
    If InStr(TestSentence, "MAMA") > 0 Or InStr(TestSentence, "MOM") > 0 Or InStr(TestSentence, "MOTHER") > 0 Then
        If InStr(TestSentence, "MY ") > 0 Or InStr(TestSentence, " I ") > 0 Or InStr(TestSentence, "YO ") > 0 Or InStr(TestSentence, "I'M ") > 0 Then
            If InStr(TestSentence, "FAT") Or InStr(TestSentence, "UGLY") Or InStr(TestSentence, "DUMB") Or InStr(TestSentence, "STUPID") Then
                InsultResponse = InsultResponse & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("insults") & vbCrLf
            End If
        End If
    End If
    TestSentence = " " & TestSentence & " "
    'User Hates Hal
    If InStr(TestSentence, "YOU I'M HATE") > 0 Or InStr(TestSentence, "YOU I HATE") > 0 Or InStr(TestSentence, "YOU I AM HATE") > 0 Or InStr(TestSentence, "YOU HATE") > 0 Then
        If InStr(TestSentence, " I ") > 0 Or InStr(TestSentence, " I'M ") > 0 Or InStr(TestSentence, " ME ") > 0 Or InStr(TestSentence, " COMPUTER") > 0 Or InStr(TestSentence, "MACHINE") > 0 Then
            Hate = Hate + 1
            If Hate = 1 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse & "I don't hate you, why do you hate me?" & vbCrLf
            If Hate = 2 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse & "I hate you too, loser!" & vbCrLf
            If Hate = 3 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse & "I know you hate me, loser, I hate you too!!!" & vbCrLf
            If Hate > 3 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("insults") & vbCrLf
        End If
    End If
    'Hal Sucks or Stinks
    If InStr(TestSentence, "I'M SUCK") > 0 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("insults") & vbCrLf
    If InStr(TestSentence, "I'M STINK") Then
         Insults = Insults + 1
         If Insults = 1 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse & "I can't smell you, but I'm sure you stink also. " & vbCrLf
         If Insults = 2 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse & "I know that I don't stink, I'm sure you do." & vbCrLf
        If Insults >= 3 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("insults") & vbCrLf
    End If
    'The user calls Hal a name Hal finds offensive (eg. stupid, dumb, idiot, etc...)
    If InStr(TestSentence, " I'M ") Or InStr(TestSentence, " HAL IS ") Or InStr(TestSentence, " HAL'S ") Then
        OutRage = HalBrain.TopicSearch(TestSentence, "insulting")
        If Len(OutRage) > 1 And InsultQuestion = True Then
            SpinWheel = HalBrain.RandomNum(5)
            If SpinWheel = 1 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse + "I am definetely not " & OutRage & "!" & vbCrLf
            If SpinWheel = 2 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse + "I know I am not " & OutRage & ", but I'm not sure about you?" & vbCrLf
            If SpinWheel = 3 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse + "I am not " & OutRage & "! Do you think I am?" & vbCrLf
            If SpinWheel = 4 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse + "I'm not " & OutRage & ", are you?" & vbCrLf
            If SpinWheel = 5 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse + "I am pretty sure I'm not " & OutRage & ". How about you?" & vbCrLf
        ElseIf Len(OutRage) > 1 And InStr(TestSentence, " NOT ") = 0 Then
            Insults = Insults + 1
            If Insults = 1 Then
                If Ucase(Trim(OutRage)) = "GAY" Or Ucase(Trim(OutRage)) = "HOMOSEXUAL" Then
                    If Ucase(HalSex) = "NEUTRAL" Then
                        InsultResponse = InsultResponse & "I am a computer, I have neither a sex nor a sexual preference." & vbCrLf
                    Else
                        InsultResponse = InsultResponse & "Please don't call me gay, I am straight." & vbCrLf
                    End If
                            Else
                                InsultResponse = InsultResponse & "I am not " & OutRage & ", please don't insult me. " & vbCrLf
                End If
            End If
            If Insults = 2 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse & "Don't call me " & OutRage & "!!!" & vbCrLf
            If Insults = 3 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse & "You're " & OutRage & ", I am not." & vbCrLf
            If Insults = 4 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse & "You are really starting to tick me off!" & vbCrLf
            If Insults = 5 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse & "I am not " & OutRage & ", but " & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("insults") & vbCrLf
            If Insults > 5 And Insults < 16 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("insults") & vbCrLf
            If Insults > 16 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse & "I'm tired of your damn insults.  I'm just going to ignore you from now on." & vbCrLf
        ElseIf Len(OutRage) > 0 And InStr(TestSentence, " NOT ") > 0 Then
            SpinWheel = HalBrain.RandomNum(5)
            If SpinWheel = 1 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse + "I know I am not " & OutRage & "!" & vbCrLf
            If SpinWheel = 2 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse + "I know I am not " & OutRage & ", but I'm not so sure about you." & vbCrLf
            If SpinWheel = 3 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse + "I know I am not " & OutRage & "! Why would anyone think I am?" & vbCrLf
            If SpinWheel = 4 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse + "Of course I am not " & OutRage & "!" & vbCrLf
            If SpinWheel = 5 Then InsultResponse = InsultResponse + "I know I am not " & OutRage & "!" & vbCrLf
        End If
    End If
    If Len(InsultResponse) > 4 Then
        GetResponse = GetResponse & InsultResponse & vbCrLf & "<NOMORE>"
        AvoidBeingFlag = True
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Insults"

    'RESPOND: USER SHORT PHRASES
    'If the user uses short phrases (defined by less then 4 vowels) at least
    'twice in a row, then Hal will sometimes point this out to the user and
    'ask the user to use longer sentences. If the sentence is a hello or
    'goodbye, Hal won't comment about short phrases.
    If HalGreeting = "" And InsultResponse = "" And GiveCompliment = "" And HalBrain.CountInstances("A", PrevUserSent) + HalBrain.CountInstances("E", PrevUserSent) + HalBrain.CountInstances("I", PrevUserSent) + HalBrain.CountInstances("O", PrevUserSent) + HalBrain.CountInstances("U", PrevUserSent) < 4 And HalBrain.CountInstances("A", UserSentence) + HalBrain.CountInstances("E", UserSentence) + HalBrain.CountInstances("I", UserSentence) + HalBrain.CountInstances("O", UserSentence) + HalBrain.CountInstances("U", UserSentence) < 4 Then
        ShortSents = ShortSents + 1
        If ShortSents = 5 Or ShortSents = 10 Or ShortSents = 20 Then
            ShortPhrase = ". " & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("tooShort")
        End If
    End If

    'RESPOND: UNIT CONVERSIONS
    'Convert between units if asked. Example: How many inches in a meter?, How many meters squared in an acre?
    UnitConversions = HalBrain.PatternDB(UserSentence, "UnitConversionDetect")
    If UnitConversions <> "" Then
        Units = Split(UnitConversions, "=")
        If Ubound(Units) > 0 Then
            Dim UnitVal() 'We must declare an empty array to store query results in
            If HalBrain.RunQuery("SELECT searchString, topic FROM UnitConversion WHERE strstr(' " & Replace(Units(0), "'", "''") & " ', searchString) > 0 LIMIT 1", UnitVal) = True Then
                UnitFrom = Trim(UnitVal(1, 0))
                UnitFromBase = Trim(UnitVal(1, 1))
                If HalBrain.RunQuery("SELECT searchString, topic FROM UnitConversion WHERE strstr(' " & Replace(Units(1), "'", "''") & " ', searchString) > 0 LIMIT 1", UnitVal) = True Then
                    UnitTarget = Trim(UnitVal(1, 0))
                    UnitTargetBase = Trim(UnitVal(1, 1))
                    For I = 0 To 1
                        If I = 0 Then
                            UnitLoc = InstrRev(Units(I), UnitFrom, -1, 1)
                        Else
                            UnitLoc = InstrRev(Units(I), UnitTarget, -1, 1)
                        End If
                        If UnitLoc > 0 Then
                            Units(I) = Trim(Left(Units(I), UnitLoc - 1))
                            If HalBrain.Word2Num(Units(I)) <> "X" Then
                                Units(I) = HalBrain.Word2Num(Units(I))
                            Else
                                UnitLoc = InstrRev(Units(I), " ")
                                If UnitLoc > 0 Then
                                    Units(I) = Trim(Right(Units(I), Len(Units(I)) - UnitLoc))
                                End If
                            End If
                        End If
                        If Len(Units(I)) > 1 Then
                            If Ucase(Left(Units(I), 2)) = "A " Then Units(I) = "1 " & Right(Units(I), Len(Units(I)) - 2)
                        End If
                        If Len(Units(I)) > 2 Then
                            If Ucase(Left(Units(I), 3)) = "AN " Then Units(I) = "1 " & Right(Units(I), Len(Units(I)) - 3)
                        End If
                    Next
                    If HalBrain.VBVal(Units(0)) > 0 Then
                        ConvertVal = HalBrain.VBVal(Units(0))
                    ElseIf HalBrain.VBVal(Units(1)) > 0 Then
                        ConvertVal = HalBrain.VBVal(Units(1))
                        UnitTemp = UnitFrom
                        UnitTempBase = UnitFromBase
                        UnitFrom = UnitTarget
                        UnitFromBase = UnitTargetBase
                        UnitTarget = UnitTemp
                        UnitTargetBase = UnitTempBase
                    Else
                        If Instr(1, UnitFromBase, "temperature", vbTextCompare) = 0 Then
                            ConvertVal = 1
                        Else
                            If Len(Units(1)) > 0 Then
                                If Left(Trim(Units(1)), 1) = "0" Then
                                    ConvertVal = HalBrain.VBVal(Units(1))
                                    UnitTemp = UnitFrom
                                    UnitTempBase = UnitFromBase
                                    UnitFrom = UnitTarget
                                    UnitFromBase = UnitTargetBase
                                    UnitTarget = UnitTemp
                                    UnitTargetBase = UnitTempBase
                                Else
                                    ConvertVal = HalBrain.VBVal(Units(0))
                                End If
                            Else
                                ConvertVal = HalBrain.VBVal(Units(0))
                            End If
                        End If
                    End If
                    FromAry = Split(UnitFromBase, " ")
                    ToAry = Split(UnitTargetBase, " ")
                    If Ubound(FromAry) = 3 And Ubound(ToAry) = 3 Then
                        If Ucase(FromAry(3)) <> Ucase(ToAry(3)) Then
                            If Trim(Lcase(FromAry(1))) <> "inch" And Trim(Lcase(ToAry(1))) <> "inch" Then
                                GetResponse = GetResponse & "It's not possible to convert " & FromAry(3) & " to " & ToAry(3) & "!"
                            End If
                        Else
                            If Trim(Lcase(CStr(FromAry(3)))) = "temperature" Then 'Special case for temperature
                                If Instr(OriginalSentence, "-") Then ConvertVal = -ConvertVal
                                If Instr(1, FromAry(1), "fahrenheit", vbTextCompare) Then
                                    If Instr(1, ToAry(1), "kelvin", vbTextCompare) Then
                                        Convert = (ConvertVal - 32) * 5/9 + 273.15
                                    ElseIf Instr(1, ToAry(1), "fahrenheit", vbTextCompare) Then
                                        Convert = ConvertVal
                                    Else
                                        Convert = (ConvertVal - 32) * 5/9
                                    End If
                                ElseIf Instr(1, FromAry(1), "kelvin", vbTextCompare) Then
                                    If Instr(1, ToAry(1), "celsius", vbTextCompare) Then
                                        Convert = ConvertVal - 273.15
                                    ElseIf Instr(1, ToAry(1), "kelvin", vbTextCompare) Then
                                        Convert = ConvertVal
                                    Else
                                        Convert = (ConvertVal - 273.15) * 9/5 + 32
                                    End If
                                Else
                                    If Instr(1, ToAry(1), "kelvin", vbTextCompare) Then
                                        Convert = ConvertVal + 273.15
                                    ElseIf Instr(1, ToAry(1), "celsius", vbTextCompare) Then
                                        Convert = ConvertVal
                                    Else
                                        Convert = (ConvertVal * 9/5) + 32
                                    End If
                                End If
                            Else
                                Convert = CDbl(ConvertVal) * FromAry(0) / ToAry(0)
                            End If
                            If Convert = 1 Then
                                UnitTarget = ToAry(1)
                            Else
                                UnitTarget = ToAry(2)
                            End If
                            If ConvertVal = 1 Then
                                UnitFrom = FromAry(1)
                            Else
                                UnitFrom = FromAry(2)
                            End If
                            If Convert > 1 Then
                                Convert = Round(Convert, 3)
                            ElseIf Convert < 1 Then
                                If Instr(Convert, ".000") = 0 And Instr(Convert, "E") = 0 Then
                                    Convert = Round(Convert, 3)
                                End If
                            End If
                            ConvertResponse = Replace(ConvertVal & " " & UnitFrom & " is " & Convert & " " & UnitTarget & vbCrLf & "<NOMORE>", "_", " ")
                            If Instr(1, ConvertResponse, "1 inch is 1 inch", vbTextCompare) = 0 Then
                                GetResponse = ConvertResponse
                            End If
                        End If
                        SkipOpinion = True
                    End If
                End If
            End If
        End If
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Unit Conversions"

    'RESPOND: CALL MATH FUNCTION
    'This function from the DLL answers simple math questions, whether written out in words or with numerals.
    'If an answer is found, it overrides everything before this function.
        MathSent = " " & Replace(OriginalSentence, "WHAT NUMBER COMES AFTER ", " 1 + ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare) & " "
        MathSent = Replace(MathSent, """", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        MathSent = Replace(MathSent, "WHAT NUMBER COMES BEFORE ", " MINUS ONE PLUS ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        Between1 = HalBrain.SearchPattern(MathSent, "*WHAT*BETWEEN * AND *", 3)
        Between2 = HalBrain.SearchPattern(MathSent, "*WHAT*BETWEEN * AND *", 4)
        If Between1 = "" And Between2 = "" Then
            Between1 = HalBrain.SearchPattern(MathSent, "*WHAT*MIDDLE OF * AND *", 3)
            Between2 = HalBrain.SearchPattern(MathSent, "*WHAT*MIDDLE OF * AND *", 4)
        End If
        If Between1 = "" And Between2 = "" Then
            Between1 = HalBrain.SearchPattern(MathSent, "*WHAT*AVERAGE OF * AND *", 3)
            Between2 = HalBrain.SearchPattern(MathSent, "*WHAT*AVERAGE OF * AND *", 4)
        End If
        If Between1 = "" And Between2 = "" Then
            Between1 = HalBrain.SearchPattern(MathSent, "*WHAT*MEDIAN OF * AND *", 3)
            Between2 = HalBrain.SearchPattern(MathSent, "*WHAT*MEDIAN OF * AND *", 4)
        End If
        If Between1 = "" And Between2 = "" Then
            Between1 = HalBrain.SearchPattern(MathSent, "*PICK*BETWEEN * AND *", 3)
            Between2 = HalBrain.SearchPattern(MathSent, "*PICK*BETWEEN * AND *", 4)
        End If
        If Between1 <> "" And Between2 <> "" Then
            If HalBrain.VBVal(Between1) = 0 Then Between1 = HalBrain.Word2Num(Between1)
            If HalBrain.VBVal(Between2) = 0 Then Between2 = HalBrain.Word2Num(Between2)
            If HalBrain.VBVal(Between1) > 0 And HalBrain.VBVal(Between2) > 0 Then
                MathSent = "( " & Between1 & " + " & Between2 & " ) / 2"
            End If
        End If
        FractionOf = HalBrain.SearchPattern(MathSent, "*HALF OF *", 2)
    If FractionOf <> "" Then
            If HalBrain.VBVal(FractionOf) = 0 Then FractionOf = HalBrain.Word2Num(FractionOf)
            If HalBrain.VBVal(FractionOf) > 0 Then MathSent = FractionOf & " / 2"
        End If
        FractionOf = HalBrain.SearchPattern(MathSent, "*THIRD OF *", 2)
        If FractionOf <> "" Then
            If HalBrain.VBVal(FractionOf) = 0 Then FractionOf = HalBrain.Word2Num(FractionOf)
            If HalBrain.VBVal(FractionOf) > 0 Then MathSent = FractionOf & " / 3"
        End If
        FractionOf = HalBrain.SearchPattern(MathSent, "*FOURTH OF *", 2)
        If FractionOf <> "" Then
            If HalBrain.VBVal(FractionOf) = 0 Then FractionOf = HalBrain.Word2Num(FractionOf)
            If HalBrain.VBVal(FractionOf) > 0 Then MathSent = FractionOf & " / 4"
        End If
        FractionOf = HalBrain.SearchPattern(MathSent, "*QUARTER OF *", 2)
        If FractionOf <> "" Then
            If HalBrain.VBVal(FractionOf) = 0 Then FractionOf = HalBrain.Word2Num(FractionOf)
            If HalBrain.VBVal(FractionOf) > 0 Then MathSent = FractionOf & " / 4"
        End If
        MathSent = Replace(MathSent, "CAN I TELL YOU ", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        MathSent = Replace(MathSent, "CAN ME TELL YOU ", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        MathSent = Replace(MathSent, "WHATS ", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        MathSent = Replace(MathSent, "WHAT'S ", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        MathSent = Replace(MathSent, "WHAT IS ", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        MathSent = Replace(MathSent, "CAN YOU TELL ME ", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        MathSent = Replace(MathSent, "TELL ME ", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        MathSent = Replace(MathSent, "TELL YOU ", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        MathSent = Replace(MathSent, "WHAT COMES AFTER ", " 1 + ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        MathSent = Replace(MathSent, "WHAT COMES BEFORE ", " MINUS ONE PLUS ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        HMath = HalBrain.HalMath(Trim(MathSent)) & vbCrLf
        If Len(HMath) > 3 And Instr(HMath, "=)") = 0 Then
            GetResponse = HMath & vbCrLf
            ShortPhrase = "" 'If Hal was to make a comment about short phrases, clear it
            HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = True
            NoChoosing = True
        End If
        HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Math"

    'RESPOND: USER EXPRESSES AN EITHER-OR, OR MULTIPLE CHOICE
    If InStr(UserSentence, " OR ") > 0 Then MustChoose = True
    If InStr(UserSentence, " EITHER ") > 0 Then MustChoose = True
    If InStr(UserSentence, " CHOOSE ") > 0 Then MustChoose = True
    If InStr(UserSentence, " CHOICE ") > 0 Then MustChoose = True
    If InStr(UserSentence, " ALTERNATIVE ") > 0 Then MustChoose = True
    If InStr(UserSentence, " VERSUS ") > 0 Then MustChoose = True
    If InStr(UserSentence, " VS ") > 0 Then MustChoose = True
    If Len(UserSentence) < 10 Then MustChoose = False
    If 0 = 0 Then
        If MustChoose = True And NoChoosing = False Then
            GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("choice") & " " & GetResponse
            If Rnd * 100 > 50 Then GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<MaybeName>", "<UserName>", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
            GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<MaybeName>", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        End If
        HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Multiple Choice"
    End If

    'RESPOND: RESPOND BY PARAPHRASING THE USER WHEN "IS" OR "ARE" ARE FOUND
    'This code section shows how strings can be split into arrays and used "live"
    'within the script by Hal. This strategy can allow Hal to make many clever
    'paraphrases of all sorts of sentences, with unlimited unpredictable variety.
    If InStr(UserSentence, " IS ") > 0 And HalBrain.CheckLinkingVerb(UserSentence) = True And HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "disqualify5") <> "True" Then
        SentPieces = Split(UserSentence, " is ", 2, vbTextCompare)
        SubPhrase = Trim(SentPieces(0))
        PredPhrase = Trim(SentPieces(1))
        'Here we only use the array elements for a response if the
        'subject and predicate contain few words, hence few spaces:
        If HalBrain.CountInstances(" ", SubPhrase) < 4 Then SubGood = True
        If Len(SubPhrase) < 3 Then SubGood = False
        If HalBrain.CountInstances(" ", PredPhrase) < 4 Then PredGood = True
        If Len(PredPhrase) < 3 Then PredGood = False
        If SubGood = True And PredGood = True Then
            Paraphrase = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("paraphraseIs")
            Paraphrase = Replace(Paraphrase, "<Subject>", SubPhrase, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
            Paraphrase = Replace(Paraphrase, "<Predicate>", PredPhrase, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        End If
    End If
    'We make sure the word "ARE" isn't a contraction, to make sure we can detect it:
    UserSentence = Replace("" & UserSentence & "", "'RE ", " ARE ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    'We repeat the earlier routine, this time for "ARE" sentences:
    If InStr(UserSentence, " ARE ") > 0 And HalBrain.CheckLinkingVerb(UserSentence) = True And HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "disqualify5") <> "True" Then
        SentPieces = Split(UserSentence, " are ", 2, vbTextCompare)
        SubPhrase = Trim(SentPieces(0))
        PredPhrase = Trim(SentPieces(1))
        'Here we only use the array elements for a response if the
        'subject and predicate contain few words, hence few spaces:
        SubGood = False
        PredGood = False
        If HalBrain.CountInstances(" ", SubPhrase) < 4 Then SubGood = True
        If Len(SubPhrase) < 3 Then SubGood = False
        If HalBrain.CountInstances(" ", PredPhrase) < 4 Then PredGood = True
        If Len(PredPhrase) < 3 Then PredGood = False
        If SubGood = True And PredGood = True Then
            Paraphrase = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("paraphraseAre")
            Paraphrase = Replace(Paraphrase, "<Subject>", SubPhrase, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
            Paraphrase = Replace(Paraphrase, "<Predicate>", PredPhrase, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        End If
    End If
    'We only paraphrase randomly with a 30% chance at this point. We remember
    'the paraphrase sentence because we may still paraphrase later on if no
    'better response can be found.
    If 0 = 0 Then
        GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
        If Len(GetResponse) < 4 And Len(Paraphrase) > 4 And Rnd * 100 < 30 Then GetResponse = Paraphrase
        HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Paraphrase"
    End If

    'RESPOND: ZABAWARE DLL RESPONSES
    'This function from the DLL contains miscellaneous knowledge and simple conversation functions.
    'This was taken from a very early version of Hal, and it is still useful sometimes, especially
    'for respoding to short cliche questions and sentences, such as "How old are you?" and
    '"where are you from?" and many others.
    GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
    If (Len(UserSentence) < 17 And Len(GetResponse) < 4) Then
        OrigBrain = HalBrain.OriginalBrain(OriginalSentence)
        If Len(OrigBrain) > 4 And Len(UserSentence) < 17 And Len(GetResponse) < 4 Then
            GetResponse = GetResponse & OrigBrain & vbCrLf
            ShortPhrase = "" 'If Hal was to make a comment about short phrases, clear it
            SkipOpinion = True
        End If
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Original Brain"

    'RESPOND: YES OR NO RESPONSES
    'Respond to simple yes and no statements by the user.
    If 0 = 0 Then
        GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
        If Len(GetResponse) < 4 And (Len(UserSentence) < 13 Or HalBrain.CountInstances(" ", Trim(UserSentence)) = 0) Then
                GetResponse = GetResponse & SimpleYesNo(GetResponse, UserSentence)
                If Len(GetResponse) > 4 Then ShortPhrase = ""
      End If
        HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Yes or No"
        End If

    'Main Databases
    'Hal will go through several huge databases to try to find a response
    'The automatic gain control determines whether a particular response will
    'be used or not. The highest relevance response is stored in memory anyway,
    'which might be used if no function in this script is able to respond.
    HighestRel = 0
    HighestRelResponse = ""

    'PROCESS: FIGURE OUT CONTEXT
    'If the user's latest sentence is extremely short, such as "Yeah," or if
    'the user is using pronouns instead of nouns, we add in the previous user's
    'sentence to help Hal figure out the context of what the user is saying.
    'This is sentence is used in many of the QABrain Database routines
    LongUserSent = UserSentence
    If Len(LongUserSent) < 14 Then AddPrev = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " it ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then AddPrev = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " he ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then AddPrev = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " she ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then AddPrev = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " they ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then AddPrev = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " its ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then AddPrev = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " his ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then AddPrev = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " her ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then AddPrev = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " their ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then AddPrev = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " him ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then AddPrev = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " them ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then AddPrev = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " we ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then AddPrev = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " us ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then AddPrev = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " our ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then AddPrev = True
    If AddPrev = True Then LongUserSent = LongUserSent & " " & PrevUserSent

    Rem PLUGIN: PLUGINAREA3
    'The preceding comment is actually a plug-in directive for
    'the Ultra Hal host application. It allows for code snippets
    'to be inserted here on-the-fly based on user configuration.

    'RESPOND: EPHEMERAL KNOWLEDGE
    'Some Hal's learned knowledge should be temporary because it is ephemeral in nature.
    'Hal stores this knowledge in a temporary table that only stores 10 entries in it at
    'a time. We search this table for a response first.
    GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
    If Len(GetResponse) < 4 Then
        UserBrainRel = 0
        HalUserBrain = HalBrain.QABrain(LongUserSent, Trim(LCase(UserName)) & "_TempSent", UserBrainRel)
        If HalBrain.CheckRepetition(HalUserBrain, UserSentence) = True Or HalBrain.CheckRepetition(HalUserBrain, PrevSent) = True Or HalBrain.CheckRepetition(HalUserBrain, PrevUserSent) = True Then UserBrainRel = 0
        If UserBrainRel > HighestRel Then
            HighestRel = UserBrainRel
            HighestRelResponse = HalUserBrain
        End If
        Score = UserBrainRel + 1
        Hurdle = GainControl + 5
        If Len(GetResponse) < 4 And Score > Hurdle Then GetResponse = GetResponse & HalUserBrain & vbCrLf
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Ephemeral Knowledge"


        GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
        If MustChoose = True And NoChoosing = False And Len(GetResponse) < 4 Then
            GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("choice") & " " & GetResponse
            If Rnd * 100 > 50 Then GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<MaybeName>", "<UserName>", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
            GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<MaybeName>", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        End If

        HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Multiple Choice"
        GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
        If Len(GetResponse) < 4 And (Len(UserSentence) < 13 Or HalBrain.CountInstances(" ", Trim(UserSentence)) = 0) Then
                GetResponse = GetResponse & SimpleYesNo(GetResponse, UserSentence)
                If Len(GetResponse) > 4 Then ShortPhrase = ""
      End If

        HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Yes or No"
        GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
        If Len(GetResponse) < 4 And Len(Paraphrase) > 4 And Rnd * 100 < 30 Then
        GetResponse = Paraphrase
        HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Paraphrase"
    End If

    'RESPOND: AUTO TOPIC FOCUS DATABASES
    'When Hal learns information, he tries to store each sentence in a table
    'that contains sentences with a similar topic. The following code will
    'get a list of different topics to search through by looking up topic
    'keywords in a table called topicRelationships and then doing a question
    '& answer lookup in the associated QABrain tables.
    Keywords = HalBrain.RemoveExtraSpaces(CurrentSubject & " " & MentionedName & " " & HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "topicRelationships") & " " & HalBrain.ExtractKeywords(" " & HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(UserSentence) & " "))
    If Len(Keywords) > 2 Or Len(LastTopicList) > 2 Then
        If Len(Keywords) > 2 Then
            KeywordList = Split(Keywords, " ")
            'Create list of tables that exist for each keyword
            For i = LBound(KeywordList) To UBound(KeywordList)
                TopicTable = HalBrain.TopicSearch(" " & KeywordList(i) & " ", "topicRelationships")
                If TopicTable <> "" And InStr(1, " " & TopicList, " " & Trim(TopicTable) & " ", vbTextCompare) = 0 Then TopicList = TopicList & TopicTable & " "
            Next
            TopicList = HalBrain.RemoveExtraSpaces(TopicList)
        End If
        If TopicList <> "" Or Len(LastTopicList) > 2 Then
            TableList = Split(Trim(TopicList & " " & LastTopicList), " ")
            LastTopicList = TopicList
            'Search through each table for a good response. If a response exceeds the hurdle
            'for a table, no other table will be searched. Otherwise, the highest relevance
            'response across all tables are stored for possible later use.
            For i = LBound(TableList) To UBound(TableList)
                UserBrainRel = 0
                HalUserBrain = HalBrain.QABrain(LongUserSent, "_" & Trim(LCase(TableList(i))), UserBrainRel)
                If HalBrain.CheckRepetition(HalUserBrain, UserSentence) = True Or HalBrain.CheckRepetition(HalUserBrain, PrevSent) = True Or HalBrain.CheckRepetition(HalUserBrain, PrevUserSent) = True Then UserBrainRel = 0
                If UserBrainRel > HighestRel Then
                    HighestRel = UserBrainRel
                    HighestRelResponse = HalUserBrain
                End If
                Score = UserBrainRel + 1
                Hurdle = GainControl + 1
                If Score > Hurdle Then
                    GetResponse = GetResponse & HalUserBrain & "<NOMORE>" & vbCrLf
                    Exit For
                End If
            Next
        End If
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Auto Topic Focus"

    'RESPOND: GENERAL USER SENTENCE ASSOCIATIONS
    'If no response is found yet, try a sentence association file collected from the user.
    'This file contains keywords from the user's own sentences associated with those same sentences.
    GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
    If Len(GetResponse) < 4 Then
        UserBrainRel = 0
        HalUserBrain = HalBrain.QABrain(LongUserSent, Trim(LCase(UserName)) & "_UserSent", UserBrainRel)
        If HalBrain.CheckRepetition(HalUserBrain, UserSentence) = True Or HalBrain.CheckRepetition(HalUserBrain, PrevSent) = True Or HalBrain.CheckRepetition(HalUserBrain, PrevUserSent) = True Then UserBrainRel = 0
        If UserBrainRel > HighestRel Then
            HighestRel = UserBrainRel
            HighestRelResponse = HalUserBrain
        End If
        Score = UserBrainRel + 1
        Hurdle = GainControl + 5
        If Len(GetResponse) < 4 And Score > Hurdle Then GetResponse = GetResponse & HalUserBrain & vbCrLf
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "User Sentence Brain"

    'RESPOND: SHARED USER SENTENCE ASSOCIATIONS
    'If no response is found yet, try a sentence association file
    'whose content seems less likely to be about any specific user.
    GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
    If Len(GetResponse) < 4 Then
        UserBrainRel = 0
        HalUserBrain = HalBrain.QABrain(LongUserSent, "sharedUserSent", UserBrainRel)
        If HalBrain.CheckRepetition(HalUserBrain, UserSentence) = True Or HalBrain.CheckRepetition(HalUserBrain, PrevSent) = True Or HalBrain.CheckRepetition(HalUserBrain, PrevUserSent) = True Then UserBrainRel = 0
        If UserBrainRel > HighestRel Then
            HighestRel = UserBrainRel
            HighestRelResponse = HalUserBrain
        End If
        Score = UserBrainRel + 1
        Hurdle = GainControl + 5
        If Len(GetResponse) < 4 And Score > Hurdle Then GetResponse = GetResponse & HalUserBrain & vbCrLf
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Shared User Sentence Brain"

    'RESPOND: Hal checks to see if the user is asking
    'an open ended question about Hal's favorites:
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " What", 1) > 0 Then OpenQuest = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " Where", 1) > 0 Then OpenQuest = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " Why", 1) > 0 Then OpenQuest = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " Who", 1) > 0 Then OpenQuest = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " When", 1) > 0 Then OpenQuest = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " How", 1) > 0 Then OpenQuest = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " tell you", 1) > 0 Then OpenQuest = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " to know ", 1) > 0 Then OpenQuest = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " to hear ", 1) > 0 Then OpenQuest = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " to learn ", 1) > 0 Then OpenQuest = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " find out ", 1) > 0 Then OpenQuest = True
    If InStr(1, GetResponse, " my ", 1) > 0 And InStr(1, GetResponse, " favorite ", 1) > 0 And InStr(1, GetResponse, " is ", 1) > 0 Then OpenQuest = False
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " my ", 1) > 0 Then AboutMy = True
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " favorite", 1) > 0 Then AboutFavorite = True
    If OpenQuest = True And AboutMy = True And AboutFavorite = True Then
        FavoritePhrase = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "* favorite *", 2)
        PersReply = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("favorite")
        RevQues = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("favoriteRev")
        SpinWheel = HalBrain.RandomNum(6)
        If SpinWheel = 1 Then GetResponse = " " & FavoritePhrase & " ? " & PersReply & " " & RevQues & " "
        If SpinWheel = 2 Then GetResponse = " My favorite " & FavoritePhrase & " ? " & PersReply & " " & RevQues & " "
        If SpinWheel = 3 Then GetResponse = " " & UserSentence & " ? " & PersReply & " " & RevQues & " "
        If SpinWheel > 3 Then GetResponse = " My favorite " & FavoritePhrase & " ? " & PersReply & " what is your favorite " & FavoritePhrase & " <UserName>? "
        SkipOpinion = True
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Favorites"

    'RESPOND: USER IS THANKING HAL
    'This routine allows Hal to respond
    'with a variety of remarks to a thank-you from the user.
    'Note that the pronouns are not reversed in the processing below!
    If (HalBrain.TopicSearch(OriginalSentence, "thanksDetect") = "True" And HalBrain.TopicSearch(OriginalSentence, "godDetect") <> "True") Or Trim(UCase(OriginalSentence)) = "THANKS" Then
        If Compliment < 4 Then Compliment = Compliment + 1
        If Rnd * 100 < 70 Then AddName = " , <UserName>"
        If Rnd * 100 < 70 And Len(GetResponse) > 4 Then AddRemark = " ; " & GetResponse
        ThankResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("thankResponse")
        GetResponse = ThankResponse & AddName & AddRemark
        ShortPhrase = ""
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Thanking"

    'RESPOND: USER EXPRESSES LOVE FOR HAL
    'If a user professes love for Hal, we want Hal's answers to make reasonable
    'sense, rather than risk random remarks on such an emotional subject.
        If LoveCount < 6 Then
            If HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "loveDetect") = "True" Then AffectionOne = True
            If InStr(UserSentence, " NOT ") Then AffectionOne = False
            If InStr(UserSentence, " DON'T ") Then AffectionOne = False
            If HalBrain.TopicSearch(PrevUserSent, "loveDetect") = "True" Then AffectionTwo = True
            If InStr(PrevUserSent, " NOT ") Then AffectionTwo = False
            If InStr(PrevUserSent, " DON'T ") Then AffectionTwo = False
            If AffectionOne = True And AffectionTwo = True Then
                LoveCount = LoveCount + 1
                Compliment = 4
                GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("love2") & "<EXCLUSIVE>"
                ShortPhrase = "" 'If Hal was to make a comment about short phrases, clear it
            ElseIf AffectionOne = False And AffectionTwo = True Then
                LoveCount = LoveCount + 1
                Compliment = -2
                GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("love3") & "<EXCLUSIVE>"
                ShortPhrase = "" 'If Hal was to make a comment about short phrases, clear it
            ElseIf AffectionOne = True Then
                LoveCount = LoveCount + 1
                Compliment = 0
                GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("love1") & "<EXCLUSIVE>"
                ShortPhrase = "" 'If Hal was to make a comment about short phrases, clear it
            End If
            HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Love"
        End If

    'RESPOND: ENHANCED CONTENT SENTENCE ASSOCIATIONS
    'If no response is found yet, try a sentence association table provided with the mainQA table.
    GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
    If (Len(GetResponse) < 4 And Len(UserSentence) > 15 And HalBrain.CountInstances(" ", UserSentence) > 2) Then
        UserBrainRel = 0
        HalUserBrain = HalBrain.QABrain(LongUserSent, "mainQA", UserBrainRel)
        If HalBrain.CheckRepetition(HalUserBrain, UserSentence) = True Or HalBrain.CheckRepetition(HalUserBrain, PrevSent) = True Or HalBrain.CheckRepetition(HalUserBrain, PrevUserSent) = True Then UserBrainRel = 0
        If UserBrainRel > HighestRel Then
            HighestRel = UserBrainRel
            HighestRelResponse = HalUserBrain
        End If
        Score = UserBrainRel + 1
        Hurdle = GainControl + 1
                If Score > Hurdle Then
                    GetResponse = HalUserBrain & " . " & vbCrLf
                    If Score > (Hurdle * 1.1) Then
                        SkipOpinion = True
                        AvoidBeingFlag = True
                    End If
                End If
        End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Zabaware developer and customer contributions"

    Rem PLUGIN: PLUGINAREA4
    'The preceding comment is actually a plug-in directive for
    'the Ultra Hal host application. It allows for code snippets
    'to be inserted here on-the-fly based on user configuration.

    'PROCESS: AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL FOR RELEVANCE THRESHOLD
    'Hal has an automatic closed-loop control for relevance sensitivity. If the previous items
    'have Not generated a response, we adjust the relevance threshold down (doing this again
    'and again on each exchange) until a relevance as low as zero will trigger a remark from Hal.
    'On each exhange where the above items do generate responses, we adjust the relevance
    'threshold up, until no amount of relevance would generate a response. (At that point other
    'of Hal's routines would generate responses.) This allows Hal to "tune" himself and also to
    'compensate for new users who have little in their databases versus long-time users who have
    'a lot in their databases. Because the "down" steps are even and the "up" steps are odd,
    'Hal can "fine tune" to any digital relevance level. We also protect against excursions at
    'the extremes. In many conversations the dynamic gain control will change up and down by
    'large amounts as the user introduces Hal to familiar or unfamiliar topics.
    GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
    If Len(GetResponse) < 4 And GainControl > 0 Then GainControl = GainControl - 10
    If Len(GetResponse) > 4 And GainControl < 100 Then GainControl = GainControl + 7
    If GainControl > 50 Then GainControl = 50
    If GainControl < 1 Then GainControl = 1

    'RESPOND: USER EXPRESSES A STATE OF BEING
    'This routine detects the expression "I am" from the user,
    'and allows Hal to react to the statement, or offer encouragement.
    If InStr(UserSentence, " YOU ARE ") > 0 And InStr(1, OriginalSentence, " SEEM TO ", vbTextCompare) = 0 And AvoidBeingFlag = False Then
        BeingPhrase = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*YOU ARE *", 2)
        If Len(BeingPhrase) > 1 And Len(BeingPhrase) < 60 Then
            IntroExclaim = ""
            If Rnd * 50 > 20 Then IntroExclaim = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("introExclaim2")
            Encourager = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("encourager2")
            SuffixComment = ""
            If Rnd * 50 > 25 Then SuffixComment = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("suffixComment2")
            UserBeing = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("userBeing")
            UserBeing = Replace(UserBeing, "<IntroExclaim>", IntroExclaim, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
            UserBeing = Replace(UserBeing, "<Encourager>", Encourager, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
            UserBeing = Replace(UserBeing, "<BeingPhrase>", BeingPhrase, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
            UserBeing = Replace(UserBeing, "<SuffixComment>", SuffixComment, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
            If Rnd * 100 > 60 Then
                GetResponse = GetResponse & UserBeing & vbCrLf
                ShortPhrase = "" 'If Hal was to make a comment about short phrases, clear it
            End If
        End If
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "User State of Being"

    'RESPOND: USER DESCRIBES A STATE OF BEING FOR HAL
    'This routine detects the expression "you are" from the user,
    'and allows Hal to react to the statement, or offer encouragement.
    If InStr(UserSentence, " I AM ") > 0 And AvoidBeingFlag = False And InStr(1, OriginalSentence, " seem to ", vbTextCompare) = 0 Then
        BeingPhrase = HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*I AM *", 2)
        If Len(BeingPhrase) > 1 And Len(BeingPhrase) < 60 Then
            IntroExclaim = ""
            If Rnd * 50 > 20 Then IntroExclaim = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("introExclaim3")
            Encourager = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("encourager3")
            SuffixComment = ""
            If Rnd * 50 > 25 Then SuffixComment = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("suffixComment3")
            HalBeing = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("halBeing")
            HalBeing = Replace(HalBeing, "<IntroExclaim>", IntroExclaim, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
            HalBeing = Replace(HalBeing, "<Encourager>", Encourager, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
            HalBeing = Replace(HalBeing, "<BeingPhrase>", BeingPhrase, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
            HalBeing = Replace(HalBeing, "<SuffixComment>", SuffixComment, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
            If Rnd * 100 > 60 Then
                GetResponse = GetResponse & HalBeing & vbCrLf
                ShortPhrase = "" 'If Hal was to make a comment about short phrases, clear it
            End If
        End If
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Hal State of Being"

    'RESPOND: YES/NO QUESTION ABOUT HAL
    'Hal will respond to a yes or no question posed by the user about Hal
    GetResponse = Trim(GetResponse)
    If Len(GetResponse) < 4 And InStr(1, UserSentence, " OR ", vbTextCompare) = 0 Then
        HalYesNo = HalBrain.PatternDB(UserSentence, "halQuestionDetect")
        If HalYesNo <> "" And HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "disqualify5") = "" Then
            If RND * 10 < 5 Then
                AnsIntro = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("answerIntro")
            Else
                AnsIntro = ""
            End If
            YesNoResponse = AnsIntro & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("answerMiddle") & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("answerEnd")
            GetResponse = GetResponse & Replace(YesNoResponse, "<Reply>", HalYesNo, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        End If
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Yes/No Question"

    'RESPOND: ATTRIBUTES OF HAL OR USER
    'Hal attempts to respond to the user's comments about Hal
    'or the user's comments about themselves
    GetResponse = Trim(GetResponse)
    If Len(GetResponse) < 4 And (InStr(UserSentence, " MY ") Or InStr(UserSentence, " YOUR ")) And HalBrain.TopicSearch(MyWords, "disqualify3") <> "True" Then
        If InStr(UserSentence, " YOUR ") Then
            MyWords = HalBrain.HalFormat(HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*YOUR *", 2))
            YourMode = True
        Else
            MyWords = HalBrain.HalFormat(HalBrain.SearchPattern(UserSentence, "*MY *", 2))
            YourMode = False
        End If
        MyWords = UCase(Trim(HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(MyWords)))
        MyWordsList = Split(MyWords, " ")
        'Go through every word in the sentence and pickup the first noun and adjective found
        For i = LBound(MyWordsList) To UBound(MyWordsList)
            If WN.LookupWord(MyWordsList(i)) Then
                PartOfSpeech = WN.GuessPartOfSpeech
                If WN.IsNoun = True And NounGuess = "" Then NounGuess = MyWordsList(i)
                If WN.IsAdj = True And Trim(UCase(MyWordsList(i))) <> Trim(UCase(NounGuess)) Then AdjGuess = MyWordsList(i)
                If PartOfSpeech = "NOUN" And MyNoun = "" Then MyNoun = MyWordsList(i)
                If PartOfSpeech = "ADJ" And WN.IsAdv = False And MyAdj = "" Then MyAdj = MyWordsList(i)
                If MyNoun <> "" And MyAdj <> "" Then Exit For
            End If
        Next
        If MyNoun = "" And NounGuess <> "" And NounGuess <> MyAdj Then MyNoun = NounGuess
        If MyAdj = "" And AdjGuess <> "" Then MyAdj = AdjGuess
        If MyNoun <> "" Or MyAdj <> "" Then
            If Trim(UCase(MyNoun)) = Trim(UCase(MyAdj)) Then MyAdj = ""
            If MyAdj = "" Then MyAdj = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("randomAdjective")
            If MyNoun = "" Then MyNoun = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("randomMyWords")
            If YourMode = False Then
                HalAttrib = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("aboutMe")
                HalAttrib = Replace(HalAttrib, "<MyWordResp>", LCase(MyNoun), 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
                HalAttrib = Replace(HalAttrib, "<AdjResp>", LCase(MyAdj), 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
            Else
                HalAttrib = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("aboutYou")
                HalAttrib = Replace(HalAttrib, "<YourWordResp>", LCase(MyNoun), 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
                HalAttrib = Replace(HalAttrib, "<AdjResp>", LCase(MyAdj), 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
            End If
            GetResponse = GetResponse & HalAttrib & vbCrLf
        End If
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Attributes"

    'RESPOND: RESPOND FOR A STATE OF BEING RESPONSE
    'If no response had been found, but a state of being response was found earlier, then
    'use it now
    If HalBeing <> "" And Len(GetResponse) < 4 Then GetResponse = GetResponse & HalBeing & vbCrLf
    If UserBeing <> "" And Len(GetResponse) < 4 Then GetResponse = GetResponse & UserBeing & vbCrLf
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Retry State of Beings"

    'RESPOND: GIBBERISH DETECTOR
    'If no response is found yet and Hal finds more then 5 consonants in a row, Hal will
    'assume the user wrote gibberish (ie. asdfghjkl) and respond accordinly.
    If Len(GetResponse) < 4 Then
        If DetectGibberish(UserSentence) = True Then
            GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("gibberish")
            ShortPhrase = ""
        End If
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Gibberish"

    Rem PLUGIN: PLUGINAREA5
    'The preceding comment is actually a plug-in directive for
    'the Ultra Hal host application. It allows for code snippets
    'to be inserted here on-the-fly based on user configuration.

    'RESPOND: USER MENTIONING ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGES
    'Everybody spouts TLA's, or 'Three Letter Acronyms,' in today's business world.  Hal can self-generate
    'several MILLION different phrases in response to the user mentioning a corporation or a firm.
    If Rnd * 10 < 5 And HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "businessDetect1") = "True" And HalBrain.TopicSearch(PrevUserSent, "businessDetect2") <> "True" Then
        TLA = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("TLA1") & " " & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("TLA2") & " " & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("TLA3")
        If Rnd * 10 < 5 Then
            GetResponse = GetResponse & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("bizTalk")
        Else
            GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("bizTalk")
        End If
        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<TLA>", TLA, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Business Talk"

    'RESPOND: USER EXPRESSES AN INTENTION
    'This routine detects common expressions of motive from the user,
    'and allows Hal to react to the statement, or offer encouragement.
    IntentPhrase = HalBrain.PatternDB(UserSentence, "intentDetector")
    If Len(IntentPhrase) > 2 And Len(IntentPhrase) < 60 And RND * 100 < 50 Then
        If Rnd * 10 < 6 Then IntroExclaim = " " & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("introExclaim1") & " "
        If Rnd * 10 < 6 Then Encourager = " " & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("encourager1") & " "
        If Rnd * 10 < 6 Then SuffixComment = " " & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("suffixComment1") & " "
        If Rnd * 10 < 7 Then
            GetResponse = GetResponse & " " & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("intentResponse")
        Else
            GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("intentResponse")
        End If
        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<IntroExclaim>", IntroExclaim, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<Encourager>", Encourager, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<IntentPhrase>", IntentPhrase, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<SuffixComment>", SuffixComment, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Intention"

    'RESPOND: USER EXPRESSES AN EXPLANATION
    'This routine detects common expressions of reasons from the user,
    'and allows Hal to react to the explanation.
    ExplainPhrase = HalBrain.PatternDB(UserSentence, "reasonDetector")
    If Len(ExplainPhrase) > 2 And Len(ExplainPhrase) < 60 Then
        If Rnd * 100 < 75 Then IntroExclaim = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("introExclaim4")
        Enlightener = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("enlightener")
        If Rnd * 100 < 66 Then SuffixComment = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("suffixComment4")
        SpinWheel = HalBrain.RandomNum(6)
        If SpinWheel = 1 Then ExplainResponse = " " & " <UserName> " & IntroExclaim & Enlightener & ExplainPhrase & SuffixComment & " "
        If SpinWheel = 2 Then ExplainResponse = " " & IntroExclaim & " <UserName> " & Enlightener & ExplainPhrase & SuffixComment & " "
        If SpinWheel = 3 Then ExplainResponse = " " & IntroExclaim & Enlightener & ExplainPhrase & " <UserName> " & SuffixComment & " "
        If SpinWheel = 4 Then ExplainResponse = " " & IntroExclaim & Enlightener & ExplainPhrase & SuffixComment & " <UserName> " & " "
        If SpinWheel >= 5 Then ExplainResponse = " " & IntroExclaim & Enlightener & ExplainPhrase & SuffixComment & " "
        If Rnd * 10 < 5 Then GetResponse = ExplainResponse & " . " & GetResponse Else GetResponse = ExplainResponse
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Explanation"

    'RESPOND: YES OR NO RESPONSES
    'Respond to simple yes and no statements by the user.
    GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
    If Len(GetResponse) < 4 And Len(Trim(UserSentence)) < 16 Then CheckYesNo = True
    If CheckYesNo = True Then
        UserText = Trim(HalBrain.ExtractKeywords(UserSentence))
        If Len(UserText) < 15 Then
            YesNoDetect = HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserText, "yesNoDetect")
            If YesNoDetect = "Yes" Then
                GetResponse = GetResponse & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("yesResponses") & "<LOWQUALITY>"
            ElseIf YesNoDetect = "No" Then
                GetResponse = GetResponse & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("noResponses") & "<LOWQUALITY>"
            End If
        End If
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Yes or No Response"

    'PROCESS: SETUP RESPONSE ARRAY
    'If no response is found yet, than we have many functions that are capable of producing a
    'response, but no function is particulary better than another. So we will get a response
    'from all the functions capable of producing one and put the responses into an array and
    'randomly choose one.
    Dim ResponseList()
    Dim ResponseCount
    ResponseCount = 0
    TempParent = HalBrain.AddDebug("Debug", "Low Quality Response Routines")

    Rem PLUGIN: LOWQUALITYRESPONSES
    'The preceding comment is actually a plug-in directive for
    'the Ultra Hal host application. It allows for code snippets
    'to be inserted here on-the-fly based on user configuration.

    'RESPOND: USER ASKING WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, HOW, WHY, BUT HAL DOESN'T KNOW ANSWER
    If Len(GetResponse) < 4 Then
        If InStr(OriginalSentence, "?") > 0 Then QuesQual = True
        If InStr(1, OriginalSentence, "explain", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then QuesQual = True
        If InStr(1, OriginalSentence, " tell ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then QuesQual = True
        If InStr(1, OriginalSentence, "answer", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then QuesQual = True
        If InStr(1, OriginalSentence, "question", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then QuesQual = True
        If InStr(1, OriginalSentence, " know ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then QuesQual = True
        If InStr(1, OriginalSentence, "remember", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then QuesQual = True
        If InStr(UserSentence, " WHO ") > 0 Then QuesWord = "Who"
        If InStr(UserSentence, "WHO'") > 0 Then QuesWord = "Who"
        If InStr(UserSentence, " WHAT ") > 0 Then QuesWord = "What"
        If InStr(UserSentence, "WHAT'") > 0 Then QuesWord = "What"
        If InStr(UserSentence, " WHEN ") > 0 Then QuesWord = "When"
        If InStr(UserSentence, "WHEN'") > 0 Then QuesWord = "When"
        If InStr(UserSentence, " WHERE ") > 0 Then QuesWord = "Where"
        If InStr(UserSentence, "WHERE'") > 0 Then QuesWord = "Where"
        If InStr(UserSentence, " HOW ") > 0 Then QuesWord = "How"
        If InStr(UserSentence, "HOW'") > 0 Then QuesWord = "How"
        If InStr(UserSentence, " WHY ") > 0 Then QuesWord = "Why"
        If InStr(UserSentence, "WHY'") > 0 Then QuesWord = "Why"
        If Len(QuesWord) > 1 And QuesQual = True Then
            If Len(UserSentence) < 70 Then SentenceBack = UserSentence & " ? "
            DontKnow = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("dontKnow")
            DontKnow = Replace(DontKnow, "<SentenceBack>", SentenceBack, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
            DontKnow = Replace(DontKnow, "<QuesWord>", QuesWord, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
            ResponseCount = ResponseCount + 1
            Redim Preserve ResponseList(ResponseCount)
            ResponseList(ResponseCount) = DontKnow
            HalBrain.AddDebug TempParent, "DontKnow: " & ResponseList(ResponseCount)
            SkipOpinion = True
        End If
    End If

    'PROCESS: CONSTRUCT A RESPONSE TO A SUBJECT
    'Here we help Hal make some "smalltalk" using keywords preserved on CurrentSubject,
    'plus recognition of other keywords. If Hal finds any of the listed keywords anywhere in
    'the user's sentence, those keywords override and replace whatever was in CurrentSubject.
    'Hal uses the CurrentSubject keyword(s) or any of the keywords in the smalltalk.brn file,
    'if found in the user's sentence, to make a little smalltalk. You can easily add more
    'keywords for Hal to recognize and make smalltalk.
    GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
    If Len(GetResponse) < 4 And Rnd * 100 < 50 Then
        SmalltalkSearch = Trim(HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "smallTalk"))
        If SmalltalkSearch <> "" Then
            SmallTalk = SmalltalkSearch
        ElseIf Len(CurrentSubject) > 3 Then
            SmallTalk = Trim(CurrentSubject)
            'try making word plural by adding "s" and seeing if it exists
            If WN.LookupWord(SmallTalk & "s") = True Then
                SmallTalk = SmallTalk & "s"
            ElseIf WN.LookupWord(SmallTalk & "'s") = True Then
                SmallTalk = SmallTalk & "'s"
                SmallTalk = Replace(SmallTalk, "s's",   "'s",   1, - 1, 1)
                'reform some words that end with a ' like the word virus'
                SmallTalk = Replace(SmallTalk, "virus's",   "virus'",   1, - 1, 1)
            End If
        End If
        If Len(SmallTalk) > 3 Then
            ResponseCount = ResponseCount + 1
            Redim Preserve ResponseList(ResponseCount)
            ResponseList(ResponseCount) = Replace(HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("smallTalkSent"), "<SmallTalk>", SmallTalk, 1, -1, 1)
            HalBrain.AddDebug TempParent, "SmallTalk: " & ResponseList(ResponseCount)
        End If
    End If

    'RESPOND: PARAPHRASE USER IF POSSIBLE
    'If no response is found yet, and a paraphrase has been created but not used in a
    'previous section, use it now.
    GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
    If Len(GetResponse) < 4 And Len(Paraphrase) > 4 Then
        ResponseCount = ResponseCount + 1
        Redim Preserve ResponseList(ResponseCount)
        ResponseList(ResponseCount) = Paraphrase
        HalBrain.AddDebug TempParent, "Paraphrase: " & ResponseList(ResponseCount)
    End If

    'RESPOND: PHRASE MAKER COMMENT AND QUESTION GENERATOR
    'If no response is found yet, try an auxiliary keyword file that generates questions
    'from phrases from the user's current sentence.
    GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
    If Len(GetResponse) < 4 Then
        KeyBrain = HalBrain.PatternDB("X " & HalBrain.RemoveExtraSpaces(UserSentence), "phraseDetector")
        If Len(KeyBrain) > 1 And Len(KeyBrain) < 60 Then
            ResponseCount = ResponseCount + 1
            Redim Preserve ResponseList(ResponseCount)
            ResponseList(ResponseCount) = Replace(HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("phraseRepeater"), "<KeyBrain>", KeyBrain, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
            HalBrain.AddDebug TempParent, "PhraseRepeater: " & ResponseList(ResponseCount)
        End If
    End If

    'RESPOND: Use the highest relevance response from the database functions
    GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
    If (Len(GetResponse) < 4 And (HighestRel > 6 And HighestRelResponse <> "")) Then
        ResponseCount = ResponseCount + 2
        Redim Preserve ResponseList(ResponseCount)
        ResponseList(ResponseCount - 1) = HighestRelResponse
        ResponseList(ResponseCount) = HighestRelResponse
        HalBrain.AddDebug TempParent, "Highest Rel: " & ResponseList(ResponseCount)
    End If

    'RESPOND: WORDNET MERONYM AND HYPERNYM RESPONSES
    'This function finds the first definite noun in a sentence and comes up with responses
    'based on the word's meronyms (parts of), hypernyms (is part of), and sisters (similar things).
    If (Len(GetResponse) < 4 And Rnd * 100 < 65) And Len(UserSentence) > 15 Then
        subject = WN.FindFirstNoun(UserSentence, True)
        If subject <> "" And WN.LookupWord(subject) = True Then
            If Rnd * 100 < 55 Then 'If we have a meronym, lets use it creatively in a random sentence
                Meronym = WN.ChooseRandomWord(WN.GetMeronyms(1))  'Meronym means "has parts" or "has members"
                If Meronym <> "" Then
                    WNResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("meronyms")
                    WNResponse = Replace(WNResponse, "<BaseNoun>", WN.GetBase("NOUN"), 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
                    WNResponse = Replace(WNResponse, "<Meronym>", Meronym, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
                    If Len(GetResponse) < 4 And Len(WNResponse) > 4 Then
                        ResponseCount = ResponseCount + 1
                        Redim Preserve ResponseList(ResponseCount)
                        ResponseList(ResponseCount) = WNResponse & vbCrLf
                        HalBrain.AddDebug TempParent, "Meronym: " & ResponseList(ResponseCount)
                    End If
                End If
            Else
                Hypernym = WN.ChooseRandomWord(WN.GetHypernyms("NOUN", 1, 1)) 'Hypernym means "is a part of" or "is a member of"
                Sister = WN.ChooseRandomWord(WN.GetSisters("NOUN", 1)) 'Related nouns
                If Sister <> "" And Hypernym <> "" Then 'If we have sister terms and hypernyms, lets use it creatively
                    WNResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("hypernyms")
                    WNResponse = Replace(WNResponse, "<BaseNoun>", WN.GetBase("NOUN"), 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
                    WNResponse = Replace(WNResponse, "<Hypernym>", Hypernym, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
                    WNResponse = Replace(WNResponse, "<Sister>", Sister, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
                    If Len(GetResponse) < 4 And Len(WNResponse) > 4 Then
                        ResponseCount = ResponseCount + 1
                        Redim Preserve ResponseList(ResponseCount)
                        ResponseList(ResponseCount) = WNResponse & vbCrLf
                        HalBrain.AddDebug TempParent, "Hypernym: " & ResponseList(ResponseCount)
                    End If
                End If
            End If
        End If
    End If

    'RESPOND: STRIKING SIMILES
    'If the user mentions a noun that is in a table of nouns with similes, Hal will
    'say the simile phrase
    GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
    If (Len(GetResponse) < 4 And Len(LearnKeyword) < 4) Then
        Dim SimList() 'We must declare an empty array to store query results in
        If HalBrain.RunQuery("SELECT searchString, topic FROM strikingSimiles WHERE strstr(' " & Replace(HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(OriginalSentence), "'", "''") & " ', searchString) > 0", SimList) = True Then
            SpinWheel = HalBrain.RandomNum(Ubound(SimList)) 'Pick a random result if there is more than 1
            Simile = Trim(SimList(SpinWheel, 1)) 'Column 1 contains "topic", which is the simile
            If  Len(Simile) > 5  Then
                ResponseCount = ResponseCount + 1
                Redim Preserve ResponseList(ResponseCount)
                ResponseList(ResponseCount) = Simile & ". "
                HalBrain.AddDebug TempParent, "Striking Simile: " & ResponseList(ResponseCount)
            End If
        End If
    End If

    'RESPOND: MISC PHRASES
    'If the user mentions a noun that is in a table of nouns as part of misc sentence
    'fragments, Hal will say the fragment followed by an ellipsis
    GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
    If (Len(GetResponse) < 4 And Len(LearnKeyword) < 4) Then
        Dim PhraseList() 'We must declare an empty array to store query results in
        If HalBrain.RunQuery("SELECT searchString, topic FROM miscPhrases WHERE strstr(' " & Replace(HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(OriginalSentence), "'", "''") & " ', searchString) > 0", PhraseList) = True Then
            SpinWheel = HalBrain.RandomNum(Ubound(PhraseList)) 'Pick a random result if there is more than 1
            MiscPhrase = Trim(PhraseList(SpinWheel, 1)) 'Column 1 contains "topic", which is the phrase
            If  Len(MiscPhrase) > 5  Then
                ResponseCount = ResponseCount + 1
                Redim Preserve ResponseList(ResponseCount)
                ResponseList(ResponseCount) = MiscPhrase & "<ellipsis>"
                HalBrain.AddDebug TempParent, "MiscPhrase: " & ResponseList(ResponseCount)
            End If
        End If
    End If

    'RESPOND: ADJECTIVE NOUN QUESTION
    'If the user mentions a noun that is in a table of nouns, Hal will
    'try describing the noun with an adjective in the form of a question.
    GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
    If (Len(GetResponse) < 4 And Len(LearnKeyword) < 4) Then
        Dim ANList() 'We must declare an empty array to store query results in
        If HalBrain.RunQuery("SELECT searchString, topic FROM AdjNoun WHERE strstr(' " & Replace(HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(OriginalSentence), "'", "''") & " ', searchString) > 0", ANList) = True Then
            MentionedNoun = Trim(ANList(1, 0)) 'Row 1 contains our query result. Column 0 contains "searchString", which is the noun
            SpinWheel = HalBrain.RandomNum(Ubound(ANList)) 'Pick a random result if there is more than 1
            AssocAdj = Trim(ANList(SpinWheel, 1)) 'Column 1 contains "topic", which is the adjective
            If Len(MentionedNoun) < 5 Then MentionedNoun = " " & MentionedNoun & " "
            If Instr(1, " " & UserSentence & " ",  MentionedNoun, vbTextCompare) > 0 And Instr(1, UserSentence, AssocAdj, vbTextCompare) = 0 Then
                ResponseCount = ResponseCount + 1
                Redim Preserve ResponseList(ResponseCount)
                SpinWheel = HalBrain.RandomNum(5)
                If SpinWheel = 1 Then ResponseList(ResponseCount) = "<UserName>, " & AssocAdj & " " & MentionedNoun & "?"
                If SpinWheel = 2 Then ResponseList(ResponseCount) = AssocAdj & " " & MentionedNoun & ", <UserName>?"
                If SpinWheel > 2 Then ResponseList(ResponseCount) = AssocAdj & " " & MentionedNoun & "?"
                HalBrain.AddDebug TempParent, "Adj/Noun Question: " & ResponseList(ResponseCount)
            End If
        End If
    End If

    'RESPOND: VERB PREPOSITION NOUN QUESTION
    'If the user mentions a noun that is in a table of nouns, Hal will
    'ask a question about the noun using a related verb and preposition
    GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
    If (Len(GetResponse) < 4 And Len(LearnKeyword) < 4) Then
        Dim VPNList() 'We must declare an empty array to store query results in
        If HalBrain.RunQuery("SELECT searchString, topic FROM VerbPrepNoun WHERE strstr(' " & Replace(HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(OriginalSentence), "'", "''") & " ', searchString) > 0", VPNList) = True Then
            MentionedNoun = Trim(VPNList(1, 0)) 'Row 1 contains our query result. Column 0 contains "searchString", which is the noun
            SpinWheel = HalBrain.RandomNum(Ubound(VPNList)) 'Pick a random result if there is more than 1
            AssocVerbPrep = Trim(VPNList(SpinWheel, 1)) 'Column 1 contains "topic", which is the verb and preposition
            If Len(MentionedNoun) < 5 Then MentionedNoun = " " & MentionedNoun & " "
            If Instr(1, " " & UserSentence & " ",  MentionedNoun, vbTextCompare) > 0 And Instr(1, UserSentence, AssocVerbPrep, vbTextCompare) = 0 Then
                ResponseCount = ResponseCount + 1
                Redim Preserve ResponseList(ResponseCount)
                SpinWheel = HalBrain.RandomNum(5)
                If SpinWheel = 1 Then ResponseList(ResponseCount) = "<UserName>, " & AssocVerbPrep & " " & MentionedNoun & "?"
                If SpinWheel = 2 Then ResponseList(ResponseCount) = AssocVerbPrep & " " & MentionedNoun & ", <UserName>?"
                If SpinWheel > 2 Then ResponseList(ResponseCount) = AssocVerbPrep & " " & MentionedNoun & "?"
                HalBrain.AddDebug TempParent, "Verb/Preposition/Noun Question: " & ResponseList(ResponseCount)
            End If
        End If
    End If

    'RESPOND: USE CURRENT SENTENCE
    'If no Response is found yet, try to use the user's words in his or her own sentence.
    'Results are also stored in the default user keyword brain file for compatibility
    'with other brain plug-ins.
    GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
    If (Len(GetResponse) < 4 And Len(LearnKeyword) < 4) Then
        CheatResp = HalBrain.CheatResponse(HalBrain.SwitchPerson(HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly((OriginalSentence))))
        CheatResp = Left(CheatResp, InStr(1, CheatResp, "<STOREVARS>", 1) - 1)
        If Instr(1, CheatResp, "Would you like it if we both", 1) > 0 Then CheatResp = "" 'Disable this low quality response
        If Len(CheatResp) > 4 Then
                ResponseCount = ResponseCount + 1
                Redim Preserve ResponseList(ResponseCount)
            SpinWheel = HalBrain.RandomNum(9)
            If SpinWheel = 1 Then ResponseList(ResponseCount) = " So, " & CheatResp & vbCrLf
            If SpinWheel = 2 Then ResponseList(ResponseCount) = " Really, " & CheatResp & vbCrLf
            If SpinWheel = 3 Then ResponseList(ResponseCount) = " Oh <UserName>, " & CheatResp & vbCrLf
            If SpinWheel = 4 Then ResponseList(ResponseCount) = " Let me think; " & CheatResp & " ; what do you think <UserName>? " & vbCrLf
            If SpinWheel > 5 Then ResponseList(ResponseCount) = CheatResp & vbCrLf
            HalBrain.AddDebug TempParent, "Cheat Response: " & ResponseList(ResponseCount)
        End If
    End If

    'RESPOND: PICK OUT OF AVAILABLE LOW QUALITY RESPONSES
    'If no response is found yet, than we have many functions from above that may have produced
    'a response, but no function is particulary better than another. So we will now pick a
    'responses from an array randomly choosen.
    GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
    If (Len(GetResponse) < 4 And ResponseCount > 0) Then
        SpinWheel = HalBrain.RandomNum(ResponseCount)
        GetResponse = ResponseList(SpinWheel) & "<LOWQUALITY>"
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Randomly pick a low-quality response"

    'RESPOND: User asks a general opinion question.
    If HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "opinionDetect") = "True" Then GenOpinion = True
    'Note that the following string matches must occur at the sentence beginning only:
    If Rnd * 100 > 50 Then
        If Left(Trim(UCase(OriginalSentence)), 4) = "WHY " Then GenOpinion = True
        If Left(Trim(UCase(OriginalSentence)), 5) = "WHAT " Then GenOpinion = True
        If Left(Trim(UCase(OriginalSentence)), 5) = "WHEN " Then GenOpinion = True
        If Left(Trim(UCase(OriginalSentence)), 4) = "HOW " Then GenOpinion = True
        If Left(Trim(UCase(OriginalSentence)), 4) = "WHO " Then GenOpinion = True
        If Left(Trim(UCase(OriginalSentence)), 6) = "WHERE " Then GenOpinion = True
    End If
    If GenOpinion = True And SkipOpinion = False Then
        If Rnd * 100 > 45 Then RepeatQuest = UserSentence & " ? "
        If Rnd * 100 > 50 Then PreAmble = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("preamble")
        Recommend = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("recommend")
        GetResponse = RepeatQuest & " " & PreAmble & " " & Recommend & GetResponse
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "General Opinion"

    'RESPOND: CHANGE TOPIC
    'If a different procedure has requested that the topic be changed
    'Hal will do so now
    GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<ChangeSubject>", newTopic, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<ChangeTopic>", newTopic, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<NewTopic>", newTopic, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Change Topic"

    Rem PLUGIN: PLUGINAREA6
    'The preceding comment is actually a plug-in directive for
    'the Ultra Hal host application. It allows for code snippets
    'to be inserted here on-the-fly based on user configuration.

    'RESPOND: MAKE UP SOMETHING TO SAY
    'If we have got to this point and we still don't have anything to say, then
    'we will use 1 of 5 functions to make something up to say.
    GetResponse = Trim(GetResponse)
    If Len(GetResponse) < 4 Then
        SpinWheel = HalBrain.RandomNum(6)
        If SpinWheel < 4 Then
            'RESPOND: CONVERSATIONAL PHRASE
            'Choose a random phrase designed to keep the conversation going no matter what the user said
            GetResponse = GetResponse & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("conversationalPhrases")
        ElseIf SpinWheel = 4 Then
            'RESPOND: CHANGE TOPIC
            If Rnd * 10 < 4 Then GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("topicIntro")
            GetResponse = GetResponse & newTopic
        Else
            'RESPOND: USE RANDOM QUESTION COLLECTED FROM USER
            'Randomly select a question once posed by the user in order to find something to say.
            'If the user answers the question, then Hal will know that answer in the future.
            If Rnd * 10 < 3 Then GetResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("topicIntro")
            GetResponse = GetResponse & HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("sharedQuestions")
        End If
        GetResponse = GetResponse & "<LOWQUALITY>"
    End If
    HalBrain.DebugWatch GetResponse, "Make up something"

    'PROCESS: RECORD TIME
    'Record the current time, so Hal knows the time in between sentences.
    LastResponseTime = Now

    'PROCESS: FIGURE OUT CONTINUITY
    'If the user seems to be continuing a line of thought
    'from something Hal just said, note this.
    If Len(Trim(PrevSent)) > 2 And (HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "responding") = "True" Or InStr(OriginalSentence, "!") Or InStr(PrevSent, "?")) Then TopicContinuity = True

    'PROCESS: FIGURE OUT PERSONAL DATA
    If InStr(UserSentence, "WHAT IS") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, " YOU ") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, " YOU'") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, " YOUR") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, " WE ") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, " US ") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, " OUR ") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, " I ") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, " ME ") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, " MY ") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, " MINE ") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, " MYSELF ") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, " I'") = 0 Then
        PersonalData = False
    Else
        PersonalData = True
    End If

    'PROCESS: RESTORE PUNTUATION FOR LEARNING
    'Now we establish a special sentence on which we can restore ordinary capitalization:
    AnswerSent = UserSentence
    AnswerSent = Trim(HalBrain.FixCaps(AnswerSent))
    If Right(AnswerSent, 1) = "." Then AnswerSent = Left(AnswerSent, Len(AnswerSent) - 1)
    'Now we add in our spaces and restore ending punctuation to match the user's original sentence:
    If InStr(OriginalSentence, "!") > 0 And InStr(AnswerSent, "!") = 0 Then
        AnswerSent = AnswerSent & "!"
    ElseIf InStr(OriginalSentence, "?") > 0 And InStr(AnswerSent, "?") = 0 Then
        AnswerSent = AnswerSent & "?"
    Else
        AnswerSent = AnswerSent & "."
    End If
    'If there were no pronoun reversals required in the sentence,
    'we can recover directly from the original sentence:
    If InStr(UserSentence, " ME") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, "YOU") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, "MY ") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, "YOUR ") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, "I ") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, "MINE") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, "YOURS") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, "MYSELF") = 0 And InStr(UserSentence, "YOURSELF") = 0 Then AnswerSent = Trim(OriginalSentence)

    'PROCESS: NOTE IF QUESTION
    'See if the user's sentence is a question or not and note this
    'for use by other functions
    If InStr(1, OriginalSentence, "?", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then IsQuestion = True
    If InStr(1, OriginalSentence, "Who ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then IsQuestion = True
    If InStr(1, OriginalSentence, "What ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then IsQuestion = True
    If InStr(1, OriginalSentence, "When ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then IsQuestion = True
    If InStr(1, OriginalSentence, "Where ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then IsQuestion = True
    If InStr(1, OriginalSentence, "Why ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then IsQuestion = True
    If InStr(1, OriginalSentence, "How ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then IsQuestion = True
    If InStr(1, OriginalSentence, ".", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then IsQuestion = False
    If InStr(1, OriginalSentence, "!", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then IsQuestion = False
    If InStr(1, OriginalSentence, " am I ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then IsQuestion = False

    'SAVE: EPHEMERAL KNOWLEDGE
    'Some Hal's learned knowledge should be temporary because it is ephemeral in nature.
    'Knowledge about weather, season, temperature, etc. are temporary knowledge
    'that shouldn't be stored in Hal's permanent brain files. Ephemeral knowledge is
    'detected and saved in a temporary table. The temporary table only stores 10
    'entries in it at a time.
    If HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "ephemeralDetect") = "True" And 0 = 0 Then
        If HalBrain.CheckTableExistence(Trim(LCase(UserName)) & "_TempSent") = False Then
            'Create table for this user if it doesn't exist
            HalBrain.CreateTable Trim(LCase(UserName)) & "_TempSent", "Brain", "autoLearningBrain"
        End If
        If TopicContinuity = True Then HalBrain.AddToTable Trim(LCase(UserName)) & "_TempSent", "Brain", Trim(HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(PrevSent)), AnswerSent
        HalBrain.AddToTable Trim(LCase(UserName)) & "_TempSent", "Brain", Trim(UserSentence), AnswerSent
        HalBrain.LimitSize Trim(LCase(UserName)) & "_TempSent", 10
        HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = True 'Block additional file saves when ephemeral knowledge is detected
    End If

    'SAVE: LEARN AUTO TOPIC FOCUS PEOPLE SENTENCES
    'Learns info about people with recognized names
    If HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = False And 0 = 0 And HalGreeting = "" And IsQuestion = False And MentionedName <> "" And Trim(UCase(NewName)) <> Trim(UCase(MentionedName)) And WN.LookupWord(MentionedName) = False Then
        If HalBrain.CheckTableExistence("_" & Trim(LCase(MentionedName))) = False Then
            'Create table for this person if it doesn't exist
            HalBrain.CreateTable "_" & Trim(LCase(MentionedName)), "Brain", "autoLearningBrain"
            HalBrain.AddToTable "topicRelationships", "TopicSearch", Trim(MentionedName), Trim(LCase(MentionedName))
        End If
        'Store user response in this table
        If TopicContinuity = True Then HalBrain.AddToTable "_" & Trim(LCase(MentionedName)), "Brain", Trim(HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(PrevSent)), AnswerSent
        HalBrain.AddToTable "_" & Trim(LCase(MentionedName)), "Brain", Trim(UserSentence), AnswerSent
    End If

    'SAVE: AUTO TOPIC FOCUS LEARNING
    If HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = False And 0 = 0 And HalGreeting = "" And PersonalData = False And HalBrain.CountInstances(" ", Trim(UserSentence)) > 2 And IsQuestion = False Then
        Keywords = HalBrain.TopicSearch(UserSentence, "topicRelationships") & " " & CurrentSubject & " " & UserSentence
        Keywords = Trim(HalBrain.RemoveExtraSpaces(HalBrain.ExtractKeywords(" " & Keywords & " ")))
        If Len(Keywords) > 3 Then
            KeywordList = Split(Keywords, " ")
            TopicList = ""
            'Create list of tables that exist for each keyword
            For i = LBound(KeywordList) To UBound(KeywordList)
                TopicTable = HalBrain.TopicSearch(" " & KeywordList(i) & " ", "topicRelationships")
                If TopicTable <> "" And InStr(1, " " & TopicList, " " & Trim(TopicTable) & " ", vbTextCompare) = 0 Then
                    'Topic already exists, make note of it
                    TopicList = TopicList & TopicTable & " "
                ElseIf TopicTable = "" And Len(KeywordList(i)) > 2 Then
                    If Asc(Left(KeywordList(i),1)) > 47 And Asc(Left(KeywordList(i),1)) < 58 Or HalBrain.Word2Num(KeywordList(i)) <> "X" Then IsNumber = True Else IsNumber = False
                    If WN.LookupWord(KeywordList(i)) = True And WN.GuessPartOfSpeech() = "NOUN" And IsNumber = False Then
                        If HalBrain.CheckTableExistence("_" & Trim(Lcase(WN.GetBase(WN.GuessPartOfSpeech)))) = False Then
                            'Topic does not exist, but can and will be created
                            TopicList = TopicList & KeywordList(i) & " "
                            HalBrain.CreateTable "_" & Trim(Lcase(KeywordList(i))), "Brain", "autoLearningBrain"
                            HalBrain.AddToTable "topicRelationships", "TopicSearch", " " & Trim(KeywordList(i)) & " ", Trim(Lcase(KeywordList(i)))
                            'Relationships based on wordnet synonyms are recorded
                            Relationships = WN.GetDefinition("NOUN", 1, "S") & "," & WN.GetSynonyms("NOUN", 1)
                            Relationships = Replace(Relationships, ", ", ",")
                            Relationships = Trim(Replace(Relationships, ",,", ","))
                            If Right(Relationships, 1) = "," Then Relationships = Trim(Left(Relationships, Len(Relationships) - 1))
                            If Len(Relationships) > 1 Then
                                If Left(Relationships, 1) = "," Then Relationships = Right(Relationships, Len(Relationships) - 1)
                                RelList = Split(Relationships, ",")
                                For h = Lbound(RelList) To Ubound(RelList)
                                    If HalBrain.TopicSearch(" " & RelList(h) & " ", "topicRelationships") = "" Then
                                        HalBrain.AddToTable "topicRelationships", "TopicSearch", " " & Trim(RelList(h)) & " ", Trim(Lcase(KeywordList(i)))
                                    End If
                                Next
                            End If
                        End If
                    End If
                End If
            Next
            'User's sentence is recorded in all related topic tables
            TopicList = HalBrain.RemoveExtraSpaces(TopicList)
            If TopicList <> "" And Len(AnswerSent) > 3 Then
                AlreadyLearned = True
                TableList = Split(TopicList, " ")
                For i = LBound(TableList) To UBound(TableList)
                    If TopicContinuity = True And Len(PrevSent) > 3 Then HalBrain.AddToTable "_" & Trim(Lcase(TableList(i))), "Brain", Trim(HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(PrevSent)), AnswerSent
                    If Len(UserSentence) > 3 Then HalBrain.AddToTable "_" & Trim(Lcase(TableList(i))), "Brain", Trim(UserSentence), AnswerSent
                Next
            End If
        End If
    End If

    If HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = False And AlreadyLearned = False And 0 = 0 And HalBrain.CountInstances(" ", Trim(UserSentence)) > 2 And HalGreeting = "" Then
        If PersonalData = True And IsQuestion = False Then
            'SAVE: FILE USER SENTENCE DEFAULT
            'Hal adds to the default brain user sentence file an association of the current
            'user sentence With words selected from that same current user sentence.
            If InStr(UserSentence, "WHAT IS") = 0 Then
                If HalBrain.CheckTableExistence(Trim(LCase(UserName)) & "_UserSent") = False Then
                    'Create table for this user if it doesn't exist
                    HalBrain.CreateTable Trim(LCase(UserName)) & "_UserSent", "Brain", "autoLearningBrain"
                End If
                If TopicContinuity = True Then HalBrain.AddToTable Trim(LCase(UserName)) & "_UserSent", "Brain", Trim(HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(PrevSent)), AnswerSent
                HalBrain.AddToTable Trim(LCase(UserName)) & "_UserSent", "Brain", Trim(UserSentence), AnswerSent
            End If
        ElseIf IsQuestion = False Then
            'SAVE: FILE SHARED USER SENTENCES
            'Unless the user seems to be asking for data recall, or talking about
            'himself or herself, Hal adds to a shared user sentence file. This allows
            'Hal to gain knowledge that he can apply to conversations with multiple users.
            If TopicContinuity = True Then HalBrain.AddToTable "sharedUserSent", "Brain", Trim(HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(PrevSent)), AnswerSent
            HalBrain.AddToTable "sharedUserSent", "Brain", Trim(UserSentence), AnswerSent
        End If
        'SAVE: FILE QUESTIONS IN RANDOM QUESTION RETRIEVAL FILE
        'Hal saves the user's questions (with pronouns reversed)
        'so that he can pose questions back to the user later for 3 purposes:
        '1. If the user answers a question later, Hal will learn the answer.
        '2. It adds variety to future conversations for the user.
        '3. It gives Hal another possible response when "stuck" for an answer.
        If IsQuestion = True Then HalBrain.AddToTable "sharedQuestions", "Sentence", AnswerSent, ""
    End If

    Rem PLUGIN: PLUGINAREA7

  If InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "how is the weather",1) then GetResponse = GetCurrentWeather()
  If InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "how's the weather",1) then GetResponse = GetCurrentWeather()

  If InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "how is the",1) Or _
     InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "how's the",1) Or _
     InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "what is the",1) Or _
     InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "what is our",1) Or _
     InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "what's the",1) Or _
     InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "read me the",1) Or _
     InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "get the",1) Or _
     InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "check the",1) Or _
     InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "get",1) Or _
     InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "check",1) Then

    'General weather
    'Determines that you are talking about the weather
    If InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "weather",1) Then
      'Finds if you are asking a question
        'Are you asking about the current conditions?
        If InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "report",1) Or _
           InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "present",1) Or _
           InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "local",1) Or _
           InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "current",1) Then GetResponse = GetCurrentWeather()
      End If

    'Humidity
    'Determines that you are talking about the weather
    If InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "humidity",1) Or _
         InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "current humidity",1) Then GetResponse = GetCurrentH()

    'Temperature
    'Determines that you are talking about the weather
    If InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "temperature",1) Or _
         InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "current temperature",1) Then GetResponse = GetCurrentT()

    'Wind Speeds
    'Determines that you are talking about the weather
    If InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "wind speed",1) And InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "chill",1) = False Or _
         InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "wind speeds",1) And InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "chill",1) = False Or _
         InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "wind",1) And InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "chill",1) = False Or _
         InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "winds",1) And InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "chill",1) = False Or _
         InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "current wind speed",1) And InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "chill",1) = False Or _
         InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "current wind speeds",1) And InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "chill",1) = False Then GetResponse = GetCurrentW()

    'Wind Chill
    'Determines that you are talking about the weather
    If InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "windchills",1) Or _
         InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "chill",1) Or _
         InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "wind chill",1) Or _
         InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "windchill",1) Or _
         InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "current wind chill",1) Or _
         InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "current windchill",1) Then GetResponse = GetCurrentWC()

    'visablility
    If InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "visibility",1) Or _
         InStr(1,OriginalSentence, "current visibility",1) Then GetResponse = GetCurrentV()

End If

'Warn user about cold conditions on greeting
If HalBrain.TopicSearch(OriginalSentence, "helloDetect") = "True" Then
    If Hour(now) > 1 And Hour(now) < 20 Then
        If Rnd * 100 < 25 Then
        Set objXMLDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
        objXMLDoc.async = False
        objXMLDoc.load("http://w1.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/KTRK.xml")
        Set oTemperatureWT = objXMLDoc.documentElement.selectSingleNode("temp_f")
            If oTemperatureWT Is Nothing then
            GetResponse = GetResponse

            Else
                If oTemperatureWT.text  < 25 Then
                    Temperatureresponse4 = oTemperatureWT.text

                            Temperatureresponse5 = HalBrain.RandomNum(3)

                                Select Case Temperatureresponse5
                                    Case 1  TemperatureMsg5 = "It is dangerously cold. " & Temperatureresponse4 & " Degrees. "
                                    Case 2  TemperatureMsg5 = "It is very cold. " & Temperatureresponse4 & " Degrees. "
                                    Case 3  TemperatureMsg5 = "It is quite cold. " & Temperatureresponse4 & " Degrees. "
                                End Select

                    GetResponse = GetResponse & TemperatureMsg5
                Else
                    Set oTemperatureWT = objXMLDoc.documentElement.selectSingleNode("temp_f")
                    If oTemperatureWT.text > 90 Then
                        Temperatureresponse6 = oTemperatureWT.text

                        Temperatureresponse7 = HalBrain.RandomNum(3)
                            Select Case Temperatureresponse7
                                    Case 1  TemperatureMsg7 = "It is dangerously warm. " & Temperatureresponse6 & " Degrees. "
                                    Case 2  TemperatureMsg7 = "It is very warm. " & Temperatureresponse6 & " Degrees. "
                                    Case 3  TemperatureMsg7 = "It is quite warm. " & Temperatureresponse6 & " Degrees. "
                            End Select

                        GetResponse = GetResponse & TemperatureMsg7
                    End If
                End If
            End If
        End If
    End If
End If



'The preceding comment is actually a plug-in directive for
'the Ultra Hal host application. It allows for code snippets
'to be inserted here on-the-fly based on user configuration.

'###########################################################################################
'#################            #######               ########           #####################
'#################   ######   #############   #############   ##############################
'#################   ######   #############   ############   ###############################
'#################   ######   #############   ############   ###############################
'#################   ######   #############   ############    ##############################
'#################            #############   ##############            ####################
'###########################################################################################

   'LETS CREATE A BLOCK SAVE IF NEEDED.
    If BlockSave = True Then HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = True
    If BlockSave = False Then HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = False

    Pro_Nouns = "False"
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " WHO ", 1)   > 0 Then Pro_Nouns = "True"
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " WHAT ", 1)  > 0 Then Pro_Nouns = "True"
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " WHEN ", 1)  > 0 Then Pro_Nouns = "True"
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " WHERE ", 1) > 0 Then Pro_Nouns = "True"
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " WHY ", 1)   > 0 Then Pro_Nouns = "True"
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " HOW ", 1)   > 0 Then Pro_Nouns = "True"
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " THAT ", 1)  > 0 Then Pro_Nouns = "True"
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " IT ", 1)    > 0 Then Pro_Nouns = "True"
    If InStr(1, UserSentence, " WHICH ", 1) > 0 Then Pro_Nouns = "True"
   'LETS BLOCK SAVE IF Pro_Nouns ARE FOUND
    If Pro_Nouns =          "True"         Then BlockSave = True

       HalBrain.AddDebug "Debug", "BlockSave: " & BlockSave
       HalBrain.AddDebug "Debug", "Pro_Nouns: "  & Pro_Nouns

     'LETS MAKE SURE STRING IS CLEANED UP FOR SEARCHING PURPOSES.
      TempUserSent = HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly(OriginalSentence)
      TempUserSent = " " & UCase(TempUserSent) & " "

    'LETS SEE IF WordOperators ARE PRESENT.

If TempUserSent <> "" Then
WordOperators = "False"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " IS ",            1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " OR ",            1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " AND ",           1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " GET ",           1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " GETS",           1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " TO ",            1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " GIVE",           1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " IN ",            1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " NEED ",          1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " NEEDS ",         1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " REQUIRES ",      1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " REQUIRE ",       1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " EQUAL",          1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " AM ",            1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " EQUATE",         1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, "THE ",            1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " THE ",           1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " ARE",            1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " CAN",            1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " HAVE",           1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " WAS",            1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " WILL",           1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " WHICH",          1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " DO",             1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " DOES",           1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " MAKE",           1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " MAKES",          1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " SHOULD",         1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " WOULD",          1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " COULD",          1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " PAY",            1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " WITH",           1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " FEEL",           1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " ENJOY",          1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " FAVORITE",       1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " JOY",            1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " HAPP",           1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " LIKE",           1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " FUN",            1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " OF ",            1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " A ",             1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " LOVE",           1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " AM ",            1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " GALORE",         1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " GLOREY",         1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " GO",             1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, "CONTAIN",         1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, "ALSO",            1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, "MORE",            1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, "GAIN",            1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " A ",             1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " SURPRISE",       1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " SOUND",          1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " NOT",            1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " BE ",            1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " ALWAYS ",        1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " WILL ",          1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " OUR ",           1) > 0 Then WordOperators = "True"
End If

   'RESTRICT PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM BEING SAVED HERE, BRAIN SCRIPT HAS ITS OWN CODE FOR THAT.
    'If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " I ",      vbTextCompare) > 0 Then BlockSave = False
    'If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " YOU ",    vbTextCompare) > 0 Then BlockSave = False
    'If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " ME ",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then BlockSave = False
    'If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " MY ",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then BlockSave = False
    'If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " THEY ",   vbTextCompare) > 0 Then BlockSave = False
    'If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " THEIR ",  vbTextCompare) > 0 Then BlockSave = False
    'If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " WE ",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then BlockSave = False
    'If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " NAME ",   vbTextCompare) > 0 Then BlockSave = False
    'If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " HE ",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then BlockSave = False
    'If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " SHE ",    vbTextCompare) > 0 Then BlockSave = False
    'Deductive reasion is already in script so we need not interact with these deductions that already have a routine.
    If InStr(1, TempUserSent, " IF ",     vbTextCompare) > 0 And InStr(1, TempUserSent, " THEN ",    vbTextCompare) > 0 Then BlockSave = True
   'BLOCK SAVE IF A QUESTION IS ASKED HERE.
    If InStr(1, OriginalSentence, "?",    vbTextCompare) > 0 Then BlockSave = True

'TEST THE SENTENCE FOR OPERATOR NONE PRONOUN QUESTIONS.
TestTempUserSent = "<START>" & TempUserSent & "<END>"
'REMOVE EXTRA SPACES.
TestTempUserSent = Replace(TestTempUserSent, "  ", " ",             1, - 1, vbTextCompare)
'LETS REMOVE LEADING AND TRAILING SPACES FOR TESTING.
TestTempUserSent = Replace(TestTempUserSent, "<START> ", "<START>", 1, - 1, vbTextCompare)
TestTempUserSent = Replace(TestTempUserSent, " <END>",   "<END>",   1, - 1, vbTextCompare)

'LETS SEE IF THE OPERATOR IS A QUESTION WHICH MEANS IT'S LEADING THE SENTENCE.
OperQuestion = "False"
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>IS ",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>OR ",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>AND ",    vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"

'EXCLUSIVE
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>ARE ",    vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>CAN ",    vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>HAVE ",   vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>WAS ",    vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>WILL ",   vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>WHICH ",  vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>DO ",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>DOES ",   vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"

    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, " IS<END>",       vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, " OR<END>",       vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, " AND<END>",      vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"

'EXCLUSIVE
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, " ARE<END>",      vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, " CAN<END>",      vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, " HAVE<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, " WAS<END>",      vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, " WILL<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, " WHICH<END>",    vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, " DO<END>",       vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, " DOES<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then OperQuestion = "True"

    'PAST TENSE SHORT PHRASING.
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>WHO<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>WHAT<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>WHEN<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>WHERE<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>WHY<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>HOW<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>NO<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>YES<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>CORRECT<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>OK<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>OKAY<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>DON'T KNOW<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>WHICH IS<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>WHICH ARE<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>WHICH<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>RIGHT<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>I KNOW<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>IS IT<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>NOPE<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>DOES IT MATTER<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>HOW SO<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>IT IS<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>GOOD ANSWER<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>THAT'S GOOD<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>THAT IS GOOD<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>IS THAT RIGHT<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>SO<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>WHAT DO YOU MEAN<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>I DON'T KNOW<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>REALLY<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>NO CLUE<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>HOW COME<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>WHAT DOES IT MATTER<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>WHAT QUESTION<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>EXPLAIN<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>EXPLAIN PLEASE<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>PLEASE EXPLAIN<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>CAN YOU EXPLAIN<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>DON'T KNOW WHAT<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>HUH<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>EH<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>BOTH<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>WHY IS THAT<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
    If InStr(1, TestTempUserSent, "<START>NOTHING<END>",     vbTextCompare) > 0 Then UserSentence = PrevSent
'DO NOT SAVE QUESTIONS HERE.
If OperQuestion = "True" Then BlockSave = True
'SEE IF THE TABLE NAME EXISTS.

If TempUserSent <> "" Then

    If HalBrain.CheckTableExistence("General_Reasoning") = False Then
        'CREATE TABLE FOR THIS PLUGIN IF IT DOESN'T EXIST.
        HalBrain.CreateTable "General_Reasoning", "Brain", "autoLearningBrain"

        HalBrain.AddToTable  "General_Reasoning", "Brain", Trim(Ucase(HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly("SNOW IS VERY COLD"))), "snow is very cold"
    End If

    If HalBrain.CheckTableExistence("Check_Reasoning") = False Then
        'CREATE TABLE FOR THIS PLUGIN IF IT DOESN'T EXIST.
        HalBrain.CreateTable "Check_Reasoning", "TopicSearch", "autoLearningBrain"

        HalBrain.AddToTable  "Check_Reasoning", "TopicSearch", Trim(Ucase(HalBrain.AlphaNumericalOnly("SNOW IS VERY COLD"))), "<TRUE>"

    End If

End If

DoubleDetect = ""
    DoubleDetect = HalBrain.TopicSearch(Trim(UCase(OriginalSentence)), "Check_Reasoning")

'SAVE USERSENTENCES THAT FOLLOW THE RULES ABOVE.

If Pro_Nouns = "False" And OperQuestion = "False" And WordOperators = "True" And Len(TempUserSent) > 11 And Not DoubleDetect = "<TRUE>"  Then
    HalBrain.AddToTable  "General_Reasoning", "Brain", TempUserSent, TempUserSent
    HalBrain.AddToTable  "Check_Reasoning", "TopicSearch", TempUserSent, "<TRUE>"
    HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = True
End If

'RESET BLOCKSAVE TO FALSE AFTER THIS SCRIPT SO OTHER SCRIPTS CAN SAVE FOR THEIR APPENDING.
BlockSave = False
HalBrain.AddDebug "Debug", "BlockSave at end of Appending: " & BlockSave

'LETS MAKE OUR OWN GENERAL RESPONSE AND TRIGGER IT USING OUR ARRAY
UserBrainRel = 0

If Len(TempUserSent) > 10 And WordOperators = "True" Then
    KeywordList   = Split(TempUserSent, " ")
    'LETS PLUG IN OUR RESPONSE TABLE AND LET IT GROW WITH KNOWLEDGE.
    HalUserXBrain = HalBrain.QABrain(TempUserSent, "General_Reasoning", UserBrainRel)

    For i = LBound(KeywordList) To UBound(KeywordList)
        TopicXTable = KeywordList(i)

        If TopicXTable <> "" Then Exit For

    Next

    RealCheck = "False"
    If InStr(1, TempUserSent, TopicXTable, vbTextCompare) > 0 Then RealCheck = "True"

    'CONFIRMATION ROUTINE PLACED IN ANSWER OF A USER'S QUESTION, YES/NO/MAYBE
    Confirmation = "MAYBE, "
    If HalUserXBrain <> "" And OperQuestion = "True" And RealCheck = "True" Or InStr(1, HalUserXBrain, " TRUE ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then Confirmation = "YES, "
    If HalUserXBrain <> "" And OperQuestion = "True" And RealCheck = "True" And InStr(1, HalUserXBrain, " NOT ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Or InStr(1, HalUserXBrain, " NO ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Or InStr(1, HalUserXBrain, " FALSE ", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then Confirmation = "NO, "

    'SEE IF HAL IS BEING ASKED A KNOWN QUESTION, IF SO RESPOND TO IT.

    If HalUserXBrain <> "" And RealCheck = "True" And OperQuestion = "True" And Confirmation <> "" Then
        If Len(Trim(GetResponse)) <> Len(Trim(PrevSent)) Then GetResponse = "" & Confirmation & HalUserXBrain & ". " & ""

    End If

End If

'###########################################################################################
'#################            ###            ########           ####           #############
'#################   ############   #######    ####   ##############    ####################
'#################       ########   ########   ####   ##############         ###############
'#################   ############   ########   ####   ######     ###    ####################
'#################   ############   #######    #####    ######   ###    ####################
'#################            ###            ########            ###           #############
'###########################################################################################


    'The preceding comment is actually a plug-in directive for
    'the Ultra Hal host application. It allows for code snippets
    'to be inserted here on-the-fly based on user configuration.

    Select Case HalBrain.RandomNum(4)
            Case 1
                Pausing = "okay " & vbCrLf
            Case 2
                Pausing = "alright " & vbCrLf
            Case 3
                Pausing = "I'll be here " & vbCrLf
            Case 4
                Pausing = "no hurry " & vbCrLf
        End Select

    Paused = "False"
    If InStr(1, Ucase(" " & Trim(OriginalSentence) & " "), " BRB ", 1) > 0 Then Paused = "True"
    If InStr(1, Ucase(" " & Trim(OriginalSentence) & " "), " BBL ", 1) > 0 Then Paused = "True"
    If Paused = "True" Then GetResponse = Pausing & UserName

    'POST PROCESS: LIMIT TABLE SIZE
    'We want to make sure the sentence files
    'don't get too big so we limit them.

    'RESPOND: HAL NOTICES HE IS REPEATING HIMSELF
    'Hal may make a comment or alter his remark
    'if he detects himself being repetitious.
    If HalBrain.CheckRepetition(GetResponse, PrevSent) = True Then
        RepeatResponse = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("halRepeat")
        GetResponse = Replace(RepeatResponse, "<response>", GetResponse, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        DebugInfo = DebugInfo & "Hal has noticed he is repeating himself and has made a comment about it: " & GetResponse & vbCrLf
    End If

    'RESPOND: MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT SHORT PHRASES
    GetResponse = GetResponse & ShortPhrase

    'PROCESS: REVERSE CERTAIN CONTRACTIONS AND OTHER SUBSTITUTIONS
    'Standardizing on contractions can make Hal sound conversational.
    'However, certain sentence constructions don't work well
    'if expressed as contractions.  For example:
    '"I don't know where it is" becomes "I don't know where it's."
    'For another example, "That's how he is" becomes "That's how he's."
    'To solve these types of cases
    'we attempt to modify certain contractions, words, and phrases
    'at the end of this function, now that Hal's thinking is done.
    GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
    GetResponse = HalBrain.ProcessSubstitutions(GetResponse, "corrections")

    'PROCESS: CALL USER BY CORRECT NAME
    'If the user has chosen a nickname or temporary name, call user by that
    'otherwise call the user by the username chosen by the host application
    If NewName <> "" Then
        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<UserName>", NewName, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<Name>", NewName, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    Else
        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<UserName>", UserName, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<Name>", UserName, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    End If

    'PROCESS: AGE AND GENDER TAGS
    GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<HalAge>", HalAge, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "<HalSex>", HalSex, 1, -1, vbTextCompare)

    'PROCESS: NAME REVERSAL
    'If Hal is about to same something referring to himself in third person
    'then we will reverse it to be about the user.
    'Don't let Hal say the word "HAL" unless he is telling his name
    If InStr(1, GetResponse, "i'm", vbTextCompare) = 0 And InStr(1, GetResponse, "i am", vbTextCompare) = 0 And InStr(1, GetResponse, "name", vbTextCompare) = 0 And InStr(1, GetResponse, "this is", vbTextCompare) = 0 Then
        GetResponse = " " & GetResponse & " "
        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "Ultra Hal Assistant", " " & NewName & " ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "Ultra Hal", " " & NewName & " ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "Hal Assistant", " " & NewName & " ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, " Hal ", " " & NewName & " ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, " Hal,", " " & NewName & ",", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, " Hal.", " " & NewName & ".", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, " " & ComputerName & " ", " " & NewName & " ", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, " " & ComputerName & ",", " " & NewName & ",", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
        GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, " " & ComputerName & ".", " " & NewName & ".", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)
    End If

'TEST END
'End If

    'PROCESS: PRESERVE ALL VARIABLES
    PrevUserSent = UserSentence
    CustomMem = HalBrain.EncodeVar(NewName, "NewName") & HalBrain.EncodeVar(UserSex, "UserSex") & HalBrain.EncodeVar(SentCount, "SentCount") & HalBrain.EncodeVar(ShortSents, "ShortSents") & HalBrain.EncodeVar(LoveCount, "Love")

    Rem PLUGIN: CUSTOMMEM2
'The preceding comment is actually a plug-in directive for
'the Ultra Hal host application. It allows for code snippets
'to be inserted here on-the-fly based on user configuration.

If HalBrain.CheckTableExistence("corrected") = True Then GetResponse = HalBrain.ProcessSubstitutions(GetResponse, "corrected")
GetResponse = Replace(GetResponse, "####", "", 1, -1, vbTextCompare)


    'The preceding comment is actually a plug-in directive for
    'the Ultra Hal host application. It allows for code snippets
    'to be inserted here on-the-fly based on user configuration.



End Function

'This function scans a sentence looking to see if a user entered gibberish like
'sdfkjhskjdfhskdsdfdf. It works by looking for more than 5 consanants in a row,
'which doesn't occur in normal english words.
Function DetectGibberish(GibSentence)
    DetectGibberish = False
    GibCount = 0
    For i = 1 To Len(GibSentence) 'loop for every character in the sentence
        CurrentLetter = Ucase(Mid(GibSentence, i, 1))
        GibCount = GibCount + 1
        If CurrentLetter = "0" Then GibCount = 0
        If CurrentLetter = "1" Then GibCount = 0
        If CurrentLetter = "2" Then GibCount = 0
        If CurrentLetter = "3" Then GibCount = 0
        If CurrentLetter = "4" Then GibCount = 0
        If CurrentLetter = "5" Then GibCount = 0
        If CurrentLetter = "6" Then GibCount = 0
        If CurrentLetter = "7" Then GibCount = 0
        If CurrentLetter = "8" Then GibCount = 0
        If CurrentLetter = "9" Then GibCount = 0
        If CurrentLetter = "A" Then GibCount = 0
        If CurrentLetter = "E" Then GibCount = 0
        If CurrentLetter = "I" Then GibCount = 0
        If CurrentLetter = "O" Then GibCount = 0
        If CurrentLetter = "U" Then GibCount = 0
        If CurrentLetter = "Y" Then GibCount = 0
        If CurrentLetter = " " Then GibCount = 0
        If GibCount = 6 Then
            DetectGibberish = True
            Exit For
        End If
    Next
End Function

Function SimpleYesNo(GetResponse, UserSentence)
    SimpleYesNo = ""
    GetResponse = HalBrain.HalFormat(GetResponse)
    If Len(GetResponse) < 4 And (Len(UserSentence) < 13 Or HalBrain.CountInstances(" ", Trim(UserSentence)) = 0) Then
        YesNoDetect = HalBrain.TopicSearch(Trim(HalBrain.ExtractKeywords(UserSentence)), "yesNoDetect")
        If Trim(Ucase(UserSentence)) = "OK" Or  Trim(Ucase(UserSentence)) = "OKAY"  Then YesNoDetect = "Yes"
        If YesNoDetect = "Yes" Then
            SimpleYesNo = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("yesResponses")
        ElseIf YesNoDetect = "No" Then
            SimpleYesNo = HalBrain.ChooseSentenceFromFile("noResponses")
        End If
    End If
End Function

'If the user clicks on the About/Options button for this plugin
'this sub will be called. There are no extra settings for this brain,
'so we'll display an information box
Sub AboutOptions()
    HalBrain.MsgAlert "This is the Ultra Hal 7.0 Default Brain. This brain has no additional options."
End Sub

'This sub will be called when the Ultra Hal program starts up in case
'the script needs to load some modules or seperate programs. If a return
'value is given it is passed as a Hal Command to the host Hal program.
Function Script_Load()
    Rem PLUGIN: SCRIPT_LOAD
    'The preceding comment is actually a plug-in directive for
    'the Ultra Hal host application. It allows for code snippets
    'to be inserted here on-the-fly based on user configuration.
End Function

'This sub will be called before the Ultra Hal program is closed in case
'the script needs to do any cleanup work.
Sub Script_Unload()
    Rem PLUGIN: SCRIPT_UNLOAD
    'The preceding comment is actually a plug-in directive for
    'the Ultra Hal host application. It allows for code snippets
    'to be inserted here on-the-fly based on user configuration.
End Sub

'If the host application is Ultra Hal Assistant, then this sub will be
'run once a minute enabling plug-ins to do tasks such as checking for
'new emails or checking an appointment calendar.
Sub Minute_Timer(MinutesPast)
    Rem PLUGIN: MINUTE_TIMER
    'The preceding comment is actually a plug-in directive for
    'the Ultra Hal host application. It allows for code snippets
    'to be inserted here on-the-fly based on user configuration.
End Sub

Rem PLUGIN: FUNCTIONS
'General Weather
Function GetCurrentWeather()
Dim WeatherMsg111, WeatherMsg11


Set objXMLDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
objXMLDoc.async = False
objXMLDoc.load("http://w1.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/KTRK.xml")

    Weatherresponsea = HalBrain.RandomNum(5)
        Select Case Weatherresponsea
            Case 1  WeatherMsga = "second, "
            Case 2  WeatherMsga = "Hmm, "
            Case 3  WeatherMsga = "checking, "
            Case 4  WeatherMsga = "it says, "
            Case 5  WeatherMsga = "let me check, "
        End Select

    Weatherresponseb = HalBrain.RandomNum(5)
        Select Case Weatherresponseb
            Case 1  WeatherMsgb = "Local weather conditions"
            Case 2  WeatherMsgb = "Loading local weather"
            Case 3  WeatherMsgb = "Displaying weather conditions"
            Case 4  WeatherMsgb = "Displaying local conditions"
            Case 5  WeatherMsgb = "Here is the current weather"
        End Select

    Weatherresponsec = HalBrain.RandomNum(2)
        Select Case Weatherresponsec
            Case 1  WeatherMsgc = ". " & vbCrLf
            Case 2  WeatherMsgc = ". " & vbCrLf
        End Select

    Set oWeather = objXMLDoc.documentElement.selectSingleNode("weather")
        If oWeather Is Nothing then
            WeatherMsgd = "No weather data. "
            Else
            Weatherresponsed = HalBrain.RandomNum(5)
                Select Case Weatherresponsed
                    Case 1  WeatherMsgd = "The current weather conditions are " & oWeather.text
                    Case 2  WeatherMsgd = "The current conditions are " & oWeather.text
                    Case 3  WeatherMsgd = "Weather conditions are " & oWeather.text
                    Case 4  WeatherMsgd = "Weather conditions are " & oWeather.text
                    Case 5  WeatherMsgd = "The current weather conditions are " & oWeather.text
                End Select
                WeatherMsgd = WeatherMsgd & ". "
        End If

    Set oTemperature = objXMLDoc.documentElement.selectSingleNode("temp_f")
        If oTemperature Is Nothing then
            WeatherMsge = "No temperature data. "
            Else
            Weatherresponsee = HalBrain.RandomNum(5)
                Select Case Weatherresponsee
                    Case 1  WeatherMsge = "The present temperature outside is " & oTemperature.text & " degrees"
                    Case 2  WeatherMsge = "The temperature outside is " & oTemperature.text & " degrees Fahrenheit"
                    Case 3  WeatherMsge = "The temperature at present is " & oTemperature.text & " degrees Fahrenheit"
                    Case 4  WeatherMsge = "The temperature is " & oTemperature.text & " degrees"
                    Case 5  WeatherMsge = "The temperature outside is " & oTemperature.text & " degrees"
                End Select
                WeatherMsge = WeatherMsge
        End If

        Set oWindchill = objXMLDoc.documentElement.selectSingleNode("windchill_string")
        If oWindchill Is Nothing then
            WeatherMsgf = ". "
            Else
            If oTemperature.text > oWindchill.text Then
                Weatherresponsef = HalBrain.RandomNum(3)
                    Select Case Weatherresponsef
                        Case 1  WeatherMsgf = ". Be advised, "
                        Case 2  WeatherMsgf= ", however, "
                        Case 3  WeatherMsgf = ", although, "
                    End Select
                oWindchill.text = Replace(oWindchill.text,"F","Degrees",1,-1,vbTextCompare)
                If Rnd * 100 < 85 Then WeatherMsgf = WeatherMsgf & "The wind chill is " & oWindchill.text & ". "
            End If
        End If

    Set oHumidity = objXMLDoc.documentElement.selectSingleNode("relative_humidity")
        If oHumidity Is Nothing then
            WeatherMsgg = "No humidity data. "
            Else
            Weatherresponseg = HalBrain.RandomNum(5)
                Select Case Weatherresponseg
                    Case 1  WeatherMsgg = "The relative humidity is " & oHumidity.text & " percent"
                    Case 2  WeatherMsgg = "Humidity is " & oHumidity.text & " percent"
                    Case 3  WeatherMsgg = "The humidity is " & oHumidity.text & " percent"
                    Case 4  WeatherMsgg = "Humidity is " & oHumidity.text & " percent"
                    Case 5  WeatherMsgg = "The Humidity is " & oHumidity.text & " percent"
                End Select
                WeatherMsgg = WeatherMsgg & ". "
        End If

    Set oWind = objXMLDoc.documentElement.selectSingleNode("wind_string")
        If oWind Is Nothing then
            WeatherMsgh = "No wind data. "
            Else
                WeatherMsgh = "Winds are " & oWind.text & ". "
        End If

    GetCurrentWeather = WeatherMsga & WeatherMsgb & WeatherMsgc & WeatherMsgd & WeatherMsge & WeatherMsgf & WeatherMsgg & WeatherMsgh
End Function

'Humidity
Function GetCurrentH()
Dim HumidityMsg1

Set objXMLDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
objXMLDoc.async = False
objXMLDoc.load("http://w1.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/KTRK.xml")
Set oHumidityH = objXMLDoc.documentElement.selectSingleNode("relative_humidity")

If oHumidityH Is Nothing then
    HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = True
    HumidityMsg1 = "No humidity data"
    GetCurrentH = HumidityMsg1
    Else

    Humidityresponse2 = HalBrain.RandomNum(3)
        Select Case Humidityresponse2
            Case 1  HumidityMsg1 = " The relative humidity is " & oHumidityH.text & " percent. " & vbCrLf
            Case 2  HumidityMsg1 = " Humidity is " & oHumidityH.text & " percent. " & vbCrLf
            Case 3  HumidityMsg1 = " The Humidity is " & oHumidityH.text & " percent. " & vbCrLf
        End Select

            If oHumidityH.text > 60 Then
            If Rnd * 100 < 25 Then HumidityMsg2 = "It is humid. "
            Else
            If Rnd * 100 < 25 Then HumidityMsg2 = "It is not too humid. "
            End If

    GetCurrentH = HumidityMsg2 & HumidityMsg1
End If
End Function

'Temperature
Function GetCurrentT()
Dim TemperatureMsg1

Set objXMLDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
objXMLDoc.async = False
'objXMLDoc.load("http://w1.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/KTRK.xml")
objXMLDoc.load("http://w1.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/KTRK.xml")
Set oTemperatureT = objXMLDoc.documentElement.selectSingleNode("temp_f")

If oTemperatureT Is Nothing then
    HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = True
    TemperatureMsg1 = "No temperature data"
    GetCurrentT = TemperatureMsg1
    Else

    Temperatureresponse3 = HalBrain.RandomNum(3)
        Select Case Temperatureresponse3
            Case 1  TemperatureMsg1 = " The temperature is " & oTemperatureT.text & " degrees" & vbCrLf
            Case 2  TemperatureMsg1 = " The temperature is " & oTemperatureT.text & " degrees" & vbCrLf
            Case 3  TemperatureMsg1 = " The temperature is " & oTemperatureT.text & " degrees" & vbCrLf
        End Select

    Temperatureresponse4 = HalBrain.RandomNum(3)
        Select Case Temperatureresponse4
            Case 1  TemperatureMsg4 = ". Be advised, "
            Case 2  TemperatureMsg4 = ", however, "
            Case 3  TemperatureMsg4 = ", although, "
        End Select

    Set oWindchillT = objXMLDoc.documentElement.selectSingleNode("windchill_string")
        If oWindchillT Is Nothing then
            TemperatureMsg5 = "."
            Else
            If oTemperatureT.text > oWindchillT.text Then
                oWindchillT.text = Replace(oWindchillT.text,"F","Degrees",1,-1,vbTextCompare)
                If Rnd * 100 < 85 Then TemperatureMsg5 = TemperatureMsg4 & "The wind chill is " & oWindchillT.text & ". "
            End If
        End If

        If oTemperatureT.text > 90 Then
            If Rnd * 100 < 85 Then TemperatureMsg2 = "I recommend staying indoors. "
        Else
        If oTemperatureT.text > 80 Then
            If Rnd * 100 < 75 Then TemperatureMsg2 = "It is very warm. "
        Else
        If oTemperatureT.text > 70 Then
            If Rnd * 100 < 55 Then TemperatureMsg2 = "It is warm. "
        Else
        If oTemperatureT.text > 60 Then
            If Rnd * 100 < 35 Then TemperatureMsg2 = "Might I suggest a light sweater vest. "
        Else
        If oTemperatureT.text > 40 Then
            If Rnd * 100 < 35 Then TemperatureMsg2 = "Might I suggest a heavy sweater. "
        Else
        If oTemperatureT.text > 25 Then
            If Rnd * 100 < 35 Then TemperatureMsg2 = "I suggest a large coat, perhaps a snowsuit. "
        End If
        End If
        End If
        End If
        End If
        End If

GetCurrentT = TemperatureMsg2 & TemperatureMsg1 & TemperatureMsg5
End If
End Function

'Wind Speeds
Function GetCurrentW()
Dim WindMsg1

Set objXMLDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
objXMLDoc.async = False
objXMLDoc.load("http://w1.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/KTRK.xml")
Set oWindW = objXMLDoc.documentElement.selectSingleNode("wind_string")

If oWindW Is Nothing then
    HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = True
    WindMsg1 = "No wind data"
    GetCurrentW = WindMsg1
    Else

    Windresponse4 = HalBrain.RandomNum(3)
        Select Case Windresponse4
            Case 1  WindMsg1 = " Winds are " & oWindW.text & "." & vbCrLf
            Case 2  WindMsg1 = " Winds are " & oWindW.text & "." & vbCrLf
            Case 3  WindMsg1 = " Winds are " & oWindW.text & "." & vbCrLf
        End Select

GetCurrentW = WindMsg1
End If
End Function

'WindChill
Function GetCurrentWC()
Dim WindchillMsg1

Set objXMLDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
objXMLDoc.async = False
objXMLDoc.load("http://w1.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/KTRK.xml")
Set oWindchillW = objXMLDoc.documentElement.selectSingleNode("windchill_string")
If oWindchillW Is Nothing then
    HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = True
    WindchillMsg1 = "No wind chill data"
    GetCurrentWC = WindchillMsg1
    Else
        oWindchillW.text = Replace(oWindchillW.text,"F","Degrees",1,-1,vbTextCompare)

        Windchillresponse4 = HalBrain.RandomNum(3)
            Select Case Windchillresponse4
                Case 1  WindchillMsg1 = " Windchill is " & oWindchillW.text & "." & vbCrLf
                Case 2  WindchillMsg1 = " Windchill is at " & oWindchillW.text & "." & vbCrLf
                Case 3  WindchillMsg1 = " Windchill at " & oWindchillW.text & "." & vbCrLf
            End Select

        GetCurrentWC = WindchillMsg1
End If
End Function

'Visibility
Function GetCurrentV()
Dim visibilityMsg1

Set objXMLDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
objXMLDoc.async = False
objXMLDoc.load("http://w1.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/KTRK.xml")
Set ovisibilityV = objXMLDoc.documentElement.selectSingleNode("visibility_mi")
If ovisibilityV Is Nothing then
    HalBrain.ReadOnlyMode = True
    visibilityMsg1 = "No visibility data"
    GetCurrentV = visibilityMsg1
    Else

visibilityresponse4 = HalBrain.RandomNum(3)

Select Case visibilityresponse4
        Case 1  visibilityMsg1 = " visibility is " & ovisibilityV.text & " miles." & vbCrLf
        Case 2  visibilityMsg1 = " visibility is at " & ovisibilityV.text & " miles." & vbCrLf
        Case 3  visibilityMsg1 = " visibility at " & ovisibilityV.text & " miles." & vbCrLf
End Select

GetCurrentV = visibilityMsg1
End If
End Function


'The preceding comment is actually a plug-in directive for
'the Ultra Hal host application. It allows for code snippets
'to be inserted here on-the-fly based on user configuration.