How to retract a fact in CLIPS from a python fucntion using clipspy.
I tried using build()
but the fact is still there.
;;--KB.clp--;;
(defrule main-intent
(initial-fact)
=>
(assert (fact one))
(assert (fact two))
)
(defrule rule_1
?p <- (fact one)
?q <- (fact two)
=>
(py_pfact)
(py_retract ?p ?q)
(py_pfact)
)
Run from python
# run.py
import clips
clips_env = clips.Environment()
def py_pfact():
for fact in clips_env.facts():
print(fact)
def py_retract(p, q):
clips_env.build('retract '+str(p))
clips_env.define_function(py_retract)
clips_env.define_function(py_pfact)
clips_env.load("KB.clp")
clips_env.reset()
clips_env.run()
The output is:
(initial-fact)
(fact one)
(fact two)
(initial-fact)
(fact one)
(fact two)
(fact one) not retracted. It seems ?p is not containing the fact identifier but the whole fact itself. In the past I have used PyCLIPS in this way and it worked. Is it possible to retracts a fact using ClipsPy?
In clipspy
the environment.build
method is analogous to CLIPS C API EnvBuild
and it allows to build constructs such as deftemplates and rules as strings within the engine.
clips_env.build("(deftemplate foo (slot bar) (slot baz))")
If you want to retract a fact, you can simply call its method.
def py_retract(p, q):
p.retract()