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[simo]

i was wondering if and how this tcl i got from RANA USMAN wich stores the badnicks in a var in the tcl itself could be changed to store more effiecient like mircs hash tables does and not in a text file wich most if not all tcls seem to have in tcls i come across

[CrazyCat]

Well, I'm not sure I understand your questions.
You can easily store the nicks (or masks) in a file and have it loaded only when eggdrop starts (or script is loaded), the file will just be a memory to let you manage the list easily.

If you want to use masks rather than nicks, you'll have to compare ${nick}!${uhost} with the stored values, probably with a little check to know if you've stored a nick or an host.

And peharps the simplest way could be to create permanent bans in the eggdrop, so you don't care about the storage and the optimization:

[simo]

Thanks for your reply cc the comparison part is fine i just was wondering if there would be a more efficient way of storing the list of bad nicks rather than a txt file unless it doesn't compromise performance having to loop through the text file on each join in channel

And of course the part that allows adding and removing bad nicks on the go with public command

[CrazyCat]

As I said before, I think that storing bans in eggdrop (built-in list) is better than in any external source.
As you want to use masks (with wildcards), other solutions will require a loop to check if the user matches or not because lsearch doesn't work when the list contains masks.
You can use a database but you'll require a package (mysql or sqlite) and queries won't work with wildcards (same as lsearch).

So, with external storage, the only way is to use it to recreate the tcl list, and loop on this list.

Example with a text file:

[simo]

Thanks CC i will try and work with that