Capturing random responses in the "previous" (%) command

I have a question about rivescript syntax in general. Please do point me to a more suitable platform if this is meant to be for discussing issues specific to the js interpeter.

I’d like to use the % command, but my previous trigger has multiple responses. My first hunch was to use a redirect, but this doesn’t work:

+ hello
- Hi!
- Such a nice day
- How are you?

+ *
% {@ hello}
- Feeling great.

The only way I can figure it out is to have a separate trigger-previous block for each of the three random responses to “hello”:

+ *
% hi
- Feeling great.

+ *
% such a nice day
- Feeling great

+ *
% how are you
- Feeling great

Is there a nicer approach to this?

[kirsle]

Use an alternation group in the %Previous like you can with +Trigger:

+ *
% (hi|such a nice day|how are you)
- Feeling great

[dcsan]

maybe you can break into separate topics? I find we don’t use the % operator as much here, as it’s sometimes less clear to read the code later.