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$hfind Searches an hash table for the Nth item name which matches text. Returns item name.

Synopsis

$hfind(name/N, text, N, M, @window | command)

Parameters

• name/N - the Nth hash table or the name of it
• text - the expression to use to find a match
• N - The Nth match, use 0 to get the total number of match or to trigger the @window | command parameter for all matches
• M - optional, a letter indicating how to match, default to value normal text comparison (n) below:
  • n - normal text comparison
  • w - wildcards expression
  • W - hash table item/data is wildcards expression, see example below
  • r - regular expression
  • R - hash table item/data is regular expression, see example below
• command | @win -- if you pass a @win name, the item name that matched is put in the window, otherwise mirc evaluate the command for each match, $1 can be used to access the item name

Properties

• .data - instead of looking for matches against item, matches against data, but the item name is still returned.

Example

//hadd -m test test test | echo -a $hfind(test,test,1) | hfree test

//hadd -m test test test | hadd -m test test test1 | echo -a $hfind(test,test*,0,w) | hfree test

//hadd -m test t*t | echo -a $hfind(test,this is a test,0,W) | hfree test

//hadd -m test t.+t | hadd -m test t(?=his) | echo -a $hfind(test,this is a test,0,R,echo -s $1) | hfree test

Compatibility

Added: mIRC v5.81
Added on: 09 Nov 2000
Note: Unless otherwise stated, this was the date of original functionality.
Further enhancements may have been made in later versions.

See also

• /hmake
• /hadd
• /hload
• /hfree
• /hdec
• /hinc
• $hget