made getName( ) and getQuestion( )

The code from before is now compressed into 2 functions.
So, getName( ) gets the name of the user and ALSO, asks if their first word is a greeting.
eg.
userName = getName(<user's input>)

getQuestion might need to be looked over. Just call it to get the questions I guess ... It also tells the user if they got the question right and shows the answer. :]

greetRecog.py

@@ -1,67 +1,98 @@
-#responding from a sentence on an introduction + choosing other (joke, funfact, etc)
 import random
+from DataAPI import getQuestion, opentDBCats
 
-from DataAPI import getOpenDB, openDBCats
+greetings = ["hi","hello","hey","sup","howdy","henlo","waddup","wassup","heyo","hiya"]
 
-userInput = input("Hello, Human, Can you tell me your name? \n")
-
-userWords = userInput.split()
-
-words = ["My","my","name","is","I","i","am","Hello,","hello,","hey,","Hey,","hi,","Hi,",
-         "Howdy","howdy","sup","Sup","sup,","Sup,"] #Single out the name
-
-userName = ""
-for i in range(len(userWords)):     #iterate throught the user's words
-    foundWord = False               #sets True when there's a similar word in the other list
-    for word in range(len(words)):  #iterates and compares the chosen word from the user's list of words to the words list
-        if userWords[i] == words[word] and foundWord == False:
-            foundWord = True
-    if foundWord == False:
-        userName = userName + userWords[i] + " "
-
-print("Hello, " + str(userName.title()) + "... Nice to meet you! \n")
-
-#picking out a subject
 randomStuff = ["Cherophobia is the fear of fun","A flock of crows is called a murder",
                "A single cloud can weight more than 1 million pounds",
                "A crocodile can't stick it's tongue out","A shrimp's heart is in it's head",
                "A pregnant goldfish is called a twit","Rats and horses can't vomit.",
                "If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.",]
-#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- change START
-while True:
-    cats = openDBCats(True)
+
+#=========================================================================================================
+
+def getName(sentence):
+    """get the name of the user from the inputed sentence"""
+    #first - getting rid of unwanted chars
+    unwantedChar = [".","'","!","?",","]
+    newSentence = ""
+    for char in sentence:
+        if char not in unwantedChar:
+            newSentence = newSentence + char
+    newSentence = newSentence.lower() # makes all letters into lowercase - much easier and more efficient
+
+    userWords = newSentence.split() #the sentence is split up into words and put into a list
+
+    # ways of introduction:
+    # "Hello, my name is ___"
+    # "Hi, I'm ____"
+    # "Howdy, I'm called ____"
+    # Order: Greeting -> pronoun -> Name -> question (optional)
+    # eg. "Hello, I'm Jasper. How are you?"
+
+    words = ["hi","hello","hey","sup","howdy","henlo","waddup","wassup","heyo","hiya"
+             ,"im","i","am","called","my","name","is"] #Single out the name
+
+    userName = ""
+    for i in range(len(userWords)):     #iterate throught the user's words
+        foundWord = False               #sets True when there's a similar word in the other list
+        for word in range(len(words)):  #iterates and compares the chosen word from the user's list of words to the words list
+            if userWords[i] == words[word] and foundWord == False:
+                foundWord = True
+        if foundWord == False:
+            userName = userName + userWords[i] + " "
+
+    #ask the user if their first word is a greeting
+    if userWords[0] not in greetings:
+        while True:            
+            newGreeting = input('Is your first word a greeting, like "Hello"? \n').lower()
+            if newGreeting == "yes":
+                greetings.append(userWords[0])
+                break
+            elif newGreetings == "no":
+                break
+            else:
+                print("Please, type in 'yes' or 'no' \n")
+
+    return userName #this is the found name
+
+#=========================================================================================================
+
+def getQuestion():
+    """just call this ... I guess, if you want questions ... (need some revision)"""
+    cats = opentDBCats(True)
     print("--- Categories ---")
     for i in range(3):
         print(random.choice(cats))
     userInput = input("Please, pick a subject: \n").casefold()
 
 
-    if userInput == "stop":
-        break
-    elif userInput != "other":
+
+    if userInput != "other":
         print("You have chosen: " + userInput.title())
         print("##############################")
         #Input question here XD
 
 
 
-        question, answer, w, t = getOpenDB(userInput, "easy")
+        question, answer, w, t = getQuestion(userInput, "easy")
 
         userAnswer = input(question)
         if userAnswer.lower() == answer.lower():
             print("Wehey \n")
         elif userAnswer.lower() != answer.lower():
-            print("This is not the answer fool! \n")
+            print("This is not the answer fool!")
+            print("The answer is: \n")
             print(answer + "\n")
-
-
-#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- change END
-#changes - introduced a while loop
-
     elif userInput == "other":
         print("You have chosen: " + userInput.title())
         print("##############################")
         userInput = input("Want to hear a joke, fun fact or something random? \n")
         if userInput == "Yes" or userInput == "yes":
             print(random.choice(randomStuff) + "\n")
-#
+
+#=========================================================================================================
+
+#-----------------
+#testing zone
+#-----------------