multiple tries to generate shitpost

MarkovBot.pl

@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ use MarkovBot::Redis;
 use Encode qw(encode decode);
 use if (config("rng") eq "mt"), "Math::Random::MT::Perl" => qw(rand);
 
+sub wordsin {
+  my $str = shift;
+  return scalar(split(" ", $str));
+}
+
 sub said {
   my $self = shift;
   my $msg = shift;
@@ -47,6 +52,8 @@ sub said {
     return;
 
   }
+
+  # Cheap autocomplete system
   if ($msg->{body} =~ m/^(wew|lad)$/i) {
     my $ret;
     my @o = split("", $msg->{"body"});
@@ -69,14 +76,25 @@ sub said {
       body => "lmao",
     );
   }
+
   my $chattiness = $redis->get("$redis_prefix:chattiness");
   my $rand = rand 100;
   if ($rand < $chattiness) {
     # generate a shitpost
     my @line = split " ", $msg->{body};
-    return unless scalar(@line) > 1;
+    return unless scalar(@line) >= 2;
-    my $start = int rand $#line;
+
-    my $resp = markov( [$line[$start], $line[$start+1]] );
+    # Generate the best shitpost we can
+    my $resp;
+    for (1..20) {
+      my $start = int rand $#line;
+      my $post = markov( [$line[$start], $line[$start+1]] );
+      $post = "" if !$post;
+      $resp = $post if !$resp;
+      last if wordsin($post) >= config("target_words");
+      $resp = $post if wordsin($post) > wordsin($resp);
+    }
+
     if (rand() * 100 < config("insult_chance") && !$resp) {
       $resp = config("insult");
     }

README.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## important
+
+shithead-ng has a new config option: target_words. Please see config.default.yml and update your config.yml accordingly. Without this parameter, shithead-ng will not work!
+
 # shithead-ng
 
 next generation markov chain irc shitposting bot

config.default.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ command_character: "."
 insult: "you're a faggot"
 insult_chance: 2 # % chance that the bot will use the insult
                  # can be 0 to disable insults
+target_words: 4 # lowest number of words in an 'ideal' response
 
 #
 # Redis Settings