/**

 * vim: set ts=4 :

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 */

#if defined _sdktools_stocks_included

  #endinput

#endif

#define _sdktools_stocks_included

/**

 * Given a partial team name, attempts to find a matching team.

 *

 * The search is performed case insensitively and only against the 

 * first N characters of the team names, where N is the number of 

 * characters in the search pattern.

 *

 * @param name		Partial or full team name.  

 * @return			A valid team index on success.

 * 					-1 if no team matched.

 *					-2 if more than one team matched.

 */

stock FindTeamByName(const String:name[])

{

	new name_len = strlen(name);

	new num_teams = GetTeamCount();

	decl String:team_name[32];

	new found_team = -1;

	for (new i = 0; i < num_teams; i++)

	{

		GetTeamName(i, team_name, sizeof(team_name));

		if (strncmp(team_name, name, name_len, false) == 0)

		{

			if (found_team >= 0)

			{

				return -2;

			}

			else

			{

				found_team = i;

			}

		}

	}

	return found_team;

}