Av detection using part of an av's name. how?

Hello. I have this little script.

string name;

default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        llListen(1,"",llGetOwner(),"");
    }

    listen(integer channel, string name, key id, string message)
    {
        if (llToLower(llGetSubString(message,0,5)) == "hello ")
        {
            name = llGetSubString(message,6,-1);
            llSensor((string)name, NULL_KEY, AGENT, 10, PI);
        }
    }
    sensor(integer total_number)
    {
        integer i;
        list targets = [];
        for (i = 0; i < total_number; i++)
        {
            llSay(0,"Hello "+(string)llDetectedName(i));
        }
        
    }
    no_sensor()
    {
        llSay(0,"no target");
    }
}

As you can see, it needs the whole target's name for it to work. How do I make it only need part of it? Thanks in advance.

Scan for anybody and do some string comparisons to find the AV you need...

Never written string comparisons. How do I learn that?

You could take a look at

<url>http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LlSubStringIndex</url>

It gives an example on how to look for a last name after a sensor event. This can also be used to look for a partial name.

With function llSubStringIndex you can look for a sub string in a string. It gives the index of the place where the substring is found or -1 if it is not found.

Good luck,

Jos

Checking. Thank you.

<edit> So far so good. I'm getting it to say my name even if I just input the first three letters, no matter if I use caps on it or not. Now going to test the code with other people around.

FIX

string name;
 
default
{
state_entry()
{
llListen(1,"",llGetOwner(),"");
}
 
listen(integer channel, string name, key id, string message)
{
if (llToLower(llGetSubString(message,0,7)) == "search ")
{
name = llGetSubString(message,8,-1);
llSensor("", NULL_KEY, AGENT, 10, PI);
}
}
sensor(integer total_number)
{
integer i;
for (i = 0; i < total_number; i++)
{
if(llSubStringIndex(llToLower(llDetectedName(i)), llToLower(name)) != -1)
{
name = llDetectedName(i);
llOwnerSay("Target " + name + " was found!");
llSensorRemove();
}
}
 
}
no_sensor()
{
llOwnerSay("Target not found.");
}
}

llSubStringIndex is your savior.

Look in the above quote, I edited it to make it work. It should now work with "only part of the name". It works by saying "search [entry]". Hope I helped lol.

And yes, its untested folks xD

<re-re edit>
Well. Tried to post something useful here. But it still got too many errors. I'll try posting it later.