From 4c424518594de72dc93de5a7ba2c26cd435e9751 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bryce <lionbryce101@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 15:47:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Search by 1 type at a time

---
 gamemode/modules/base/sh_util.lua | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gamemode/modules/base/sh_util.lua b/gamemode/modules/base/sh_util.lua
index 75b5cef98..d2bcec86b 100644
--- a/gamemode/modules/base/sh_util.lua
+++ b/gamemode/modules/base/sh_util.lua
@@ -58,28 +58,58 @@ end
 Find a player based on given information
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------]]
 function DarkRP.findPlayer(info)
-    if not info or info == "" then return nil end
-    local pls = player.GetAll()
-
-    for k = 1, #pls do -- Proven to be faster than pairs loop.
-        local v = pls[k]
-        if tonumber(info) == v:UserID() then
-            return v
-        end
-
-        if info == v:SteamID() then
-            return v
-        end
-
-        if string.find(string.lower(v:Nick()), string.lower(tostring(info)), 1, true) ~= nil then
-            return v
+	if not info or info == "" then return nil end
+	local pls = player.GetAll()
+	
+	local count = #pls
+	local numberInfo = tonumber(info)
+	local lowerInfo = string.lower(tostring(info))
+
+    if numberInfo then -- since we'll be doing alot of scanning, need to make sure 
+        for k = 1, count do
+            local v = pls[k]
+            
+            if numberInfo == v:UserID() then -- darkrp relies on this being first
+                return v
+            end
         end
 
-        if string.find(string.lower(v:SteamName()), string.lower(tostring(info)), 1, true) ~= nil then
-            return v
+        for k = 1, count do -- this loop could likely be combined with the above loop
+            local v = pls[k]
+            
+            if info == v:SteamID64() then
+                return v
+            end
         end
     end
-    return nil
+
+	if string.StartsWith(lowerInfo, "steam_") then
+		for k = 1, count do
+			local v = pls[k]
+			
+			if info == v:SteamID() then
+				return v
+			end
+		end
+	end
+
+	for k = 1, count do
+		local v = pls[k]
+		
+		if string.find(string.lower(v:Nick()), lowerInfo, 1, true) ~= nil then
+			return v
+		end
+	end
+	
+	for k = 1, count do
+		local v = pls[k]
+		
+		if string.find(string.lower(v:SteamName()), lowerInfo, 1, true) ~= nil then
+			return v
+		end
+	end
+	
+	return nil
 end
 
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