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		<title>Mex at 22:07, 27 October 2018</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;function getClientFromText(text)&lt;br /&gt;
{&lt;br /&gt;
	var clients = getClients();&lt;br /&gt;
	var textLower = text.toLowerCase();&lt;br /&gt;
	var textLength = text.length;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	// player id&lt;br /&gt;
	var textNumber = parseInt(text, 10);&lt;br /&gt;
	if(!isNaN(textNumber))&lt;br /&gt;
	{&lt;br /&gt;
		for(var i in clients)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&lt;br /&gt;
			var client = clients[i];&lt;br /&gt;
			if(client.player.id == textNumber)&lt;br /&gt;
			{&lt;br /&gt;
				return client;&lt;br /&gt;
			}&lt;br /&gt;
		}&lt;br /&gt;
	}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	// player full name (case-insensitive)&lt;br /&gt;
	for(var i in clients)&lt;br /&gt;
	{&lt;br /&gt;
		var client = clients[i];&lt;br /&gt;
		if(client.player.name.toLowerCase() == textLower)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&lt;br /&gt;
			return client;&lt;br /&gt;
		}&lt;br /&gt;
	}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	// player partial name (case-insensitive)&lt;br /&gt;
	for(var i in clients)&lt;br /&gt;
	{&lt;br /&gt;
		var client = clients[i];&lt;br /&gt;
		if(client.player.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(textLower) != -1)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&lt;br /&gt;
			return client;&lt;br /&gt;
		}&lt;br /&gt;
	}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	// nearest player name match (case-insensitive)&lt;br /&gt;
	var charMatchCounts = [];&lt;br /&gt;
	for(var i in clients)&lt;br /&gt;
	{&lt;br /&gt;
		var client = clients[i];&lt;br /&gt;
		var playerNameChars = [];&lt;br /&gt;
		var playerNameLower = client.player.name.toLowerCase();&lt;br /&gt;
		var playerNameLength = client.player.name.length;&lt;br /&gt;
		for(var i2=1; i2&amp;lt;=playerNameLength; i2++)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&lt;br /&gt;
			playerNameChars.push(playerNameLower.substr(i2 - 1, 1));&lt;br /&gt;
		}&lt;br /&gt;
		var charMatchCount = 0;&lt;br /&gt;
		var playerNameCharIndex = null;&lt;br /&gt;
		for(var i2=1; i2&amp;lt;=textLength; i2++)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&lt;br /&gt;
			playerNameCharIndex = null;&lt;br /&gt;
			var textChar = textLower.substr(i2 - 1, 1);&lt;br /&gt;
			for(var i3 in playerNameChars)&lt;br /&gt;
			{&lt;br /&gt;
				var playerNameChar = playerNameChars[i3];&lt;br /&gt;
				if(textChar == playerNameChar)&lt;br /&gt;
				{&lt;br /&gt;
					charMatchCount++;&lt;br /&gt;
					playerNameCharIndex = i3;&lt;br /&gt;
					break;&lt;br /&gt;
				}&lt;br /&gt;
			}&lt;br /&gt;
			if(playerNameCharIndex != null)&lt;br /&gt;
			{&lt;br /&gt;
				playerNameChars.splice(playerNameCharIndex, 1);&lt;br /&gt;
			}&lt;br /&gt;
		}&lt;br /&gt;
		charMatchCounts[i] = [ client, charMatchCount / playerNameLength ];&lt;br /&gt;
	}&lt;br /&gt;
	var highestCharMatchCount = 0;&lt;br /&gt;
	var highestCharMatchCountClient;&lt;br /&gt;
	for(var i in charMatchCounts)&lt;br /&gt;
	{&lt;br /&gt;
		var data = charMatchCounts[i];&lt;br /&gt;
		if(data[2] &amp;gt; highestCharMatchCount)&lt;br /&gt;
		{&lt;br /&gt;
			highestCharMatchCount = data[2];&lt;br /&gt;
			highestCharMatchCountClient = data[1];&lt;br /&gt;
		}&lt;br /&gt;
	}&lt;br /&gt;
	if(highestCharMatchCountClient)&lt;br /&gt;
	{&lt;br /&gt;
		return highestCharMatchCountClient;&lt;br /&gt;
	}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	// no match&lt;br /&gt;
	return false;&lt;br /&gt;
}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Mex</name></author>
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