Hi zentara, thanks for pointing out the bug. I have fixed the text extraction. ;-)

I am getting the correct response now -
P:\Perl>perl robot.pl -q "A"
START's reply

===> A

I think you're going to have to run that by me again (maybe
phrased a bit differently).



P:\Perl>perl robot.pl -q "How far is the moon?"
START's reply


===> How far is the moon?

Moon

Distance from Earth (km)        384,467



Source: Planetary Sciences at the National Space Science
Data Center


P:\Perl>perl robot.pl -q "How big is the moon?"
START's reply


===> How big is the moon?

Moon

The volumetric mean radius of the Moon is 1737.1 (km).



Source: Planetary Sciences at the National Space Science
Data Center

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