python

Python Examples

It is assumed Python 3 is the default version on your system. If you use Python 2 you will have to modify the commands and scripts accordingly.

• From the python prompt, the following should list the opencog python modules

      help('opencog')
  

• The contents of a single module can be viewed by using dir function. For example,

      import opencog.atomspace
      print(dir(opencog.atomspace))
  

• You can run the examples from your shell. For example,

      python create_atoms_by_type.py
  

create_atoms_by_type.py, create_atoms_simple.py

Simple examples of how to create atoms in an atomspace. These demonstrate two different ways in which the API can be used; one creates atoms according to their types, the other creates them directly.

get_outgoings.py

Simple example to show how to access the outgoing set of a link.

stop_go.py

A simple example of a "behavior tree" implemented in the AtomSpace.

Scheme through python.

The following examples show how to use the scheme bindings through python

scheme/atom_type_names.py

Example of how to obtain atom type names and atom type IDs.

scheme/bindlink.py

Example of how to use the pattern matcher BindLink functionality.

scheme/scheme_timer.py

Simple measurement of the performance of invoking the scheme (guile) interpreter.