Search A String For Keyword - Profanity

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Hello,

I have a GUI TextField in my game where you can submit a string of text to my server.

What I want to do though, is to search the string for any profanity and offensive words before submitting.

 if(GUI.Button(Rect(100,120,150,30),"Create")){
    if(newPlayer == "f**k" || newPlayer == "s**t"){
       print("Profanity Found");
    }
    else{
       AddVariables();
    }
 }

The problem with the methord I'm using is that it will only pull the string if it says "f--k" - where as some genius might submit "KingOfF--King". So is there a way to search the whole string for specific keywords and pull it up?

Thanks :)

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Answer by terdos · Jun 16, 2011 at 05:01 PM

newPlayer.IndexOf("f**k") will return the position in the string that f**k occurs, or -1 if it does not exist.

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oliver-jones · Jun 16, 2011 at 05:33 PM 0

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Cool - is there a way to search multiple keywords? Or will I just have to do an OR: newPlayer.IndexOf("f--k") || newPlayer.IndexOf("s--t")

terdos · Jun 16, 2011 at 05:39 PM 0

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You will very likely have to check for each word you are looking for separately. A simple loop through an array of keywords will work fine, or if you only have a few you can use || in one big if statement.

Another option would be to use regular expressions, I however do not know what support for that exists in mono.

oliver-jones · Jun 16, 2011 at 05:44 PM 0

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Okay, one more thing - will this work for strings like "iamoneuglyf--ker" - so its all one word.

Bunny83 · Jun 16, 2011 at 05:54 PM 0

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It doesn't matter. IndexOf just looks for character sequences. There is nothing like a "word" :D. It's one string. Be careful with your keywords. In some names you will get false alerts...

$$anonymous$$IsExpert --> tomiSEXpert

oliver-jones · Jun 16, 2011 at 05:57 PM 0

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Okay - I have tried this methord (with || or || statements) and if I, for example type in 'hello', I get a 'profanity found' - why do you think that is?

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Answer by Bunny83 · Jun 16, 2011 at 06:24 PM

A short example:

 var keywords : String[] = (new Array("fuck", "shit")).ToBuiltin(String);
 
 function CheckForProfanity(text : String) : boolean
 {
     text = text.ToLower(); // make the string lower case so we can search for the keywords case-insensitive.
     for(var keyword:String in keywords)
     {
         if (text.IndexOf(keyword)>=0)
             return true;
     }
     return false;
 }

To check a string do:

 var newPlayerName = "TestName";
 
 if (CheckForProfanity(newPlayerName))
 {
     Debug.Log("illegal word detected");
 }

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ina · Sep 17, 2011 at 05:48 AM 0

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interesting that unity answers does not have auto-censor enabled

syclamoth · Sep 18, 2011 at 05:11 AM 0

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now why would it do that?

Bunny83 · Sep 18, 2011 at 05:40 AM 0

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Well, It's code. It would be a pain if it would censor parts of it based on some restricted words.

$$anonymous$$ethod names like WashItClean() would become Was**tClean, that's not really helpful ;)

 DebrisHitPoint --> Debris**tPoint
 BackupIssue    --> Backup**sue

Or you talk about the program$$anonymous$$g language Brainfuck :D

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