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<h1 class="title">Asserting New Facts</h1>
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<dt><em>some_engine</em>.add_universal_fact(kb_name, fact_name, arguments)</dt>
<dd><p class="first">The <tt class="docutils literal">add_universal_fact</tt> function is called once per <a class="reference external" href="../knowledge_bases/fact_bases.html#facts">fact</a>. These
<a class="reference external" href="../knowledge_bases/fact_bases.html#facts">facts</a> are never deleted and apply to all <em>cases</em>.</p>
<p>Alternatively, you can place universal facts in a <a class="reference external" href="../pyke_syntax/kfb_syntax.html">.kfb file</a> so that
they are loaded automatically.</p>
<pre class="doctest-block">
>>> my_engine.add_universal_fact('family', 'son_of', ('bruce', 'thomas'))
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<p>Multiple facts with the same name are allowed.</p>
<pre class="doctest-block">
>>> my_engine.add_universal_fact('family', 'son_of', ('david', 'bruce'))
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<p>But duplicate facts (with the same arguments) are silently ignored.</p>
<pre class="doctest-block">
>>> my_engine.add_universal_fact('family', 'son_of', ('david', 'bruce'))
>>> my_engine.get_kb('family').dump_universal_facts()
son_of('bruce', 'thomas')
son_of('david', 'bruce')
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<p class="last">These facts are accessed as <tt class="docutils literal">kb_name.fact_name(arguments)</tt> within the
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<dt><em>some_engine</em>.assert_(kb_name, fact_name, arguments)</dt>
<dd><p class="first">Call <tt class="docutils literal">assert_</tt> for each starting <a class="reference external" href="../knowledge_bases/fact_bases.html#facts">fact</a> for this case. Like universal
facts, you may have multiple facts with the same name so long as they
have different arguments.</p>
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>>> my_engine.assert_('family', 'son_of', ('michael', 'bruce'))
>>> my_engine.assert_('family', 'son_of', ('fred', 'thomas'))
>>> my_engine.assert_('family', 'son_of', ('fred', 'thomas'))
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<p>Duplicates with universal facts are also ignored.</p>
<pre class="doctest-block">
>>> my_engine.assert_('family', 'son_of', ('bruce', 'thomas'))
>>> my_engine.get_kb('family').dump_specific_facts()
son_of('michael', 'bruce')
son_of('fred', 'thomas')
>>> my_engine.get_kb('family').dump_universal_facts()
son_of('bruce', 'thomas')
son_of('david', 'bruce')
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<p>There is no difference within the <a class="reference external" href="../pyke_syntax/krb_syntax/index.html">.krb files</a> of how universal facts
verses case specific facts are used. The only difference between the two
types of facts is that the case specific facts are deleted when a <tt class="docutils literal">reset</tt>
is done.</p>
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>>> my_engine.reset()
>>> my_engine.get_kb('family').dump_specific_facts()
>>> my_engine.get_kb('family').dump_universal_facts()
son_of('bruce', 'thomas')
son_of('david', 'bruce')
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