makeconcept

Purpose

Make a new concept with name conNameStr and attach it under the parent concept parentCon. positionInt is an optional argument for specifying the 'birth order' (where the concept is attached vis a vis siblings) of the new child. positionInt of 0 or absent places the new concept at the end of the list of children.

Syntax

returnCon = makeConcept(parentCon, conNameStr, [positionInt])

returnCon - type: con
parentCon - type: con
conNameStr - type: str
positionInt - type: int (optional)

Returns

A handle to the newly created concept.

Remarks

If a bad concept is passed (e.g., a string, not a handle to a concept), an NLP++ error is thrown and is written to the output log starting with "arg must be sem object" then processing aborts. If the second argument is not a string (e.g., an integer), an NLP++ error is thrown and written to the output log starting with "arg must be string" and processing aborts. If the third argument is greater than the number of existing children plus 1, nothing happens.

Example

G("myConcept") = makeconcept(findroot(),"a concept");

or

G("myConcept") = makeconcept(findroot(),"a concept", 3);

See Also

getconcept, conceptname, Knowledge Base Functions