AdiIRC

_Added in 1.9.0_

*$hfind(name|N,text,[N],[options],[@window|command])*

Searches table for the Nth item name which matches text and returns the item name.

_See also [[/hsave]], [[/hload]], [[/hmake]], [[/hfree]], [[/hdel]], [[$hget]]._

_See also [[$hmatch]], [[$hregex]]._

*Parameters*

table(ktable).

|*Parameter*|*Description*|

| name<notextile>|</notextile>N | Name of the hash table or the Nth hash table. |

| text | Text to search for. |

| [N] | If N = 0, number of matches, otherwise the Nth match. (optional) |

| [options] | Options. |

| [@window<notextile>|</notextile>command] | if @window is defined, fills the side-listbox with the results, otherwise the command is run on each result. |

*Options*

table(ktable).

|*Option*|*Description*|

| n | Normal text comparison. (default if M is not specified) |

| w | Text is wildcard text. |

| W | Hash table item/data is wildcard text. |

| r | Text is a regular expression. |

| R | Hash table item/data is a regular expression. |

| N | Use case-sensitive match. *(AdiIRC only)* |

| H | /halt won't halt the running script if used inside the [command]. it will only halt the $hfind's search. *(AdiIRC only)* |

*Properties*

table(ktable).

|*Property*|*Description*|

| .data | Search for a matching data value instead of item name. |

*Example*

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; Searches hash table 'Example' for all items using and runs the command 'echo -ag $1-' on each result, $1- holds the item name or data.

//echo -ag result: $hfind(Example, *, 0, w, echo -ag $1-)

; Searches the hash table 'Example' and prints the number of matches.

//echo -ag result: $hfind(Example, *, 0, w)

; Searches the hash table 'Example' and prints the first matched item.

//echo -ag result: $hfind(Example, *, 1, w)

; Searches the hash table 'Example' and prints the first matched data.

//echo -ag result: $hfind(Example, *, 1, w).data

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