using make_sentence_with_start?

[ghost]

What is the proper way to call this function? When I try to pass a string of two words I get an error:

Also, is there a way to feed with only one words? Like Say I want the generated text to start with "You", is there a way to do this?

Thank you

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "reddit.py", line 6, in <module>
    print(text_model.make_sentence_with_start('you need'))
  File "C:\Python3\lib\site-packages\markovify\text.py", line 139, in make_sentence_with_start
    return self.make_sentence(init_state, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Python3\lib\site-packages\markovify\text.py", line 122, in make_sentence
    words = prefix + self.chain.walk(init_state)
  File "C:\Python3\lib\site-packages\markovify\chain.py", line 98, in walk
    return list(self.gen(init_state))
  File "C:\Python3\lib\site-packages\markovify\chain.py", line 87, in gen
    next_word = self.move(state)
  File "C:\Python3\lib\site-packages\markovify\chain.py", line 73, in move
    choices, weights = zip(*self.model[state].items())
KeyError: ('you', 'need')

[jsvine]

Hiya, @QuadCityCJ. Thanks for pasting the error. Based on that, it looks like there aren't any sentences in your corpus that begins with "you need". It's worth trying "You need", or simply "You". Does those work?

[ghost]

@jsvine Tried with a bunch of different combinations while looking at my corpus and I keep receiving the same error.

[jsvine]

Hmmm, strange. Could you send over the corpus and code? Happy to take a look. Email is jsvine@gmail.com

[ghost]

@jsvine Ahh I actually figured it out. I had the state_size set to 3 and it was throwing errors.

[jsvine]

Ah, makes sense! I'll add a to-do to throw a more constructive/descriptive error in those cases.