These are the facts I have written
instructor(ahmed,mohammed, cs101,01).
instructor(sara,salah,cs101,02).
instructor(maryam,faisal,cs101,03).
instructor(ali,hassan,cs311,01).
enrolled(201110202,huda,issa,cs101,01).
enrolled(20110303,mona,amer,cs101,01).
enrolled(20115566,amal,omar,cs101,01).
enrolled(20118899,ahmed,hassan,cs101,01).
The rules
teaches(D,S):-
instructor(D,_,C,Z),
enrolled(S,_,_,C,Z).
classmate(s1,s2,C):-
enrolled(s1,_,_,C,Z),
enrolled(s2,_,_,C,Z).
But when I run a query that who teaches std with id 20110303
, it gives this error. I have checked it for all kind of errors. It is syntactically and logically correct, but still says undefined procedure
?- debug.
true.
[debug] ?- teaches(D,20110303).
ERROR: Undefined procedure: teaches/2 (DWIM could not correct goal)
Using SWI-PROLOG I get the same error if I use an editor
to enter the facts and rules then in the Prolog interpreter
run the query, e.g.
ERROR: Undefined procedure: teaches/2 (DWIM could not correct goal)
Now my facts and rules are in a file named
C:/Users/Eric/Documents/Prolog/soQuestion_4.pl
and if in the interpreter I use consult
?- consult("C:/Users/Eric/Documents/Prolog/soQuestion_4.pl").
then run the query
?- teaches(D,20110303).
I get the correct result
D = ahmed ;
false.
One way to check if a predicate is loaded is to use listing
.
If I use listing to check the predicate teaches
before loading it with consult I get:
?- listing(teaches).
ERROR: prolog_stack([frame(12,call(system:throw/1),throw(error(existence_error(procedure,teaches),context(toplevel,'DWIM could not correct goal')))),frame(11,clause(<clause>(000000000518AD30),62),'$dwim':dwim_existence_error(error,user:teaches)),frame(8,clause(<clause>(0000000005008E40),24),prolog_listing:listing(user:teaches)),frame(7,clause(<clause>(0000000005154870),3),'$toplevel':toplevel_call(user:listing(teaches)))]): procedure `teaches' does not exist (DWIM could not correct goal)
then if I load the predicates with consult
?- consult("C:/Users/Eric/Documents/Prolog/soQuestion_4.pl").
true.
and check with listing I see the predicate
?- listing(teaches).
teaches(A, B) :-
instructor(A, _, C, D),
enrolled(B, _, _, C, D).