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Mex: Mex moved page Template:ScriptingExamples/UtilityCode/getClientFromText to Template:ScriptingExamples/UtilityCode/Lua/getClientFromText
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<p>Mex moved page <a href="/Template:ScriptingExamples/UtilityCode/getClientFromText" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:ScriptingExamples/UtilityCode/getClientFromText">Template:ScriptingExamples/UtilityCode/getClientFromText</a> to <a href="/Template:ScriptingExamples/UtilityCode/Lua/getClientFromText" title="Template:ScriptingExamples/UtilityCode/Lua/getClientFromText">Template:ScriptingExamples/UtilityCode/Lua/getClientFromText</a></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>function getClientFromText(text)<br />
local clients = getClients()<br />
local textLower = text:lower()<br />
local textLength = text:len()<br />
<br />
-- player id<br />
local textNumber = tonumber(text, 10)<br />
if textNumber then<br />
for i,client in ipairs(clients) do<br />
if client.player.id == textNumber then<br />
return client<br />
end<br />
end<br />
end<br />
<br />
-- player full name (case-insensitive)<br />
for i,client in ipairs(clients) do<br />
if client.player.name:lower() == textLower then<br />
return client<br />
end<br />
end<br />
<br />
-- player partial name (case-insensitive)<br />
for i,client in ipairs(clients) do<br />
if client.player.name:lower():find(textLower, 1, true) then<br />
return client<br />
end<br />
end<br />
<br />
-- nearest player name match (case-insensitive)<br />
local charMatchCounts = {}<br />
for i,client in ipairs(clients) do<br />
local playerNameChars = {}<br />
local playerNameLower = client.player.name:lower()<br />
local playerNameLength = client.player.name:len()<br />
for i2=1, playerNameLength do<br />
table.insert(playerNameChars, playerNameLower:sub(i2, i2))<br />
end<br />
local charMatchCount = 0<br />
local playerNameCharIndex<br />
for i2=1, textLength do<br />
playerNameCharIndex = false<br />
local textChar = textLower:sub(i2, i2)<br />
for i3,playerNameChar in ipairs(playerNameChars) do<br />
if textChar == playerNameChar then<br />
charMatchCount = charMatchCount + 1<br />
playerNameCharIndex = i3<br />
break<br />
end<br />
end<br />
if playerNameCharIndex then<br />
table.remove(playerNameChars, playerNameCharIndex)<br />
end<br />
end<br />
charMatchCounts[i] = { client, charMatchCount / playerNameLength }<br />
end<br />
local highestCharMatchCount = 0<br />
local highestCharMatchCountClient<br />
for i,data in ipairs(charMatchCounts) do<br />
if data[2] > highestCharMatchCount then<br />
highestCharMatchCount = data[2]<br />
highestCharMatchCountClient = data[1]<br />
end<br />
end<br />
if highestCharMatchCountClient then<br />
return highestCharMatchCountClient<br />
end<br />
<br />
-- no match<br />
return false<br />
end</div>
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