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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;
}

