Quite incredible! It might be that LiveCode's simple syntax is best suited to ChatGPT.
On Sat, 14 Jan 2023 at 03:24, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > So just now I put this in to chatgpt: > > "fizz bin" is a program that counts from 1 to 100, replacing every number > divisible by 5 with "fizz" and every number divisible by 7 with "bin"; and > numbers divisible by both 5 and 7 with "fizz bin". Write code in the > programming language livecode to execute "fizz bin" > > This is what ChatGPT responded with: > > repeat with x = 1 to 100 > if x mod 5 = 0 and x mod 7 = 0 then > put "fizz bin" > else if x mod 5 = 0 then > put "fizz" > else if x mod 7 = 0 then > put "bin" > else > put x > end if > end repeat > > That works as-is, but obviously the results fly by in the message box. So I > put a field and a button on a card, and edited to this, and it works > perfectly: > > on mouseUp > repeat with x = 1 to 100 > if x mod 5 = 0 and x mod 7 = 0 then > put "fizz bin" & cr after fld 1 > else if x mod 5 = 0 then > put "fizz" & cr after fld 1 > else if x mod 7 = 0 then > put "bin" & cr after fld 1 > else > put x & cr after fld 1 > end if > end repeat > end mouseUp > > Then as I was typing this email I realized I was potentially selling > chatgpt short, so I put this in: > > Modify that code so it works as an "on mouseUp" handler in a button, and > concatenates the results on individual lines, and puts the final result > into the field "display" > > And it output this: > > > on mouseUp > put "" into fizzbin > repeat with x = 1 to 100 > if x mod 5 = 0 and x mod 7 = 0 then > put "fizz bin" & return after fizzbin > else if x mod 5 = 0 then > put "fizz" & return after fizzbin > else if x mod 7 = 0 then > put "bin" & return after fizzbin > else > put x & return after fizzbin > end if > end repeat > put fizzbin into field "display" > end mouseUp > > And it followed that with instructions: > > This code uses the "on mouseUp" handler to execute the script when the > button is clicked. The results are concatenated and separated by a new line > using the "& return" operator after each output. The final result is placed > into a field with the name "display" using the "put" command. > > I'll save you the trouble: that code executes perfectly right out of the > box, with no errors, and of course even though I didn't ask it to, it uses > a variable to store the intermediate values, saving the field update for > the end. > > If I were writing it, I'd probably do something like > > on mouseUp > put "" into fizzbin > repeat with x = 1 to 100 > if x mod 5 = 0 then put "fizz " after fizzbin > if x mod 7 = 0 then put "bin " after fizzbin > if char -1 of fizzbin is space > then put return into char -1 of fizzbin > else put x & return after fizzbin > end repeat > put fizzbin into field "display" > end mouseUp > > That might be a bit faster, but probably not as clear. > > Finally, I gave it the input: > > Now rewrite the code to be a function named "fizzbin" that takes an > argument "n", repeats with 1 to n, and returns the results. > > function fizzbin n > put "" into fizzbin > repeat with x = 1 to n > if x mod 5 = 0 and x mod 7 = 0 then > put "fizz bin" & return after fizzbin > else if x mod 5 = 0 then > put "fizz" & return after fizzbin > else if x mod 7 = 0 then > put "bin" & return after fizzbin > else > put x & return after fizzbin > end if > end repeat > return fizzbin > end fizzbin > > This works perfectly, and chat gpt also documents its answer: > > This code defines a function named "fizzbin" which takes an argument "n" > that determines the range of the repeat loop. The function builds the > result string in a variable "fizzbin" and return the final result. The > calling script can then use the returned value for further processing or > for displaying in a field. > > Grammatical issue notwithstanding, that's good documentation. > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- Kaveh Bazargan PhD Director River Valley Technologies <http://rivervalley.io> ● Twitter <https://twitter.com/rivervalley1000> ● LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/bazargankaveh/> ● ORCID <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-9098> ● @kaveh1000@mastodon.social <https://mastodon.social/@kaveh1000> *Accelerating the Communication of Research* _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
