Targets name from combat log

[Tatheltek]

Whats the easiest way to pull your target's full name from the combat log?

if i have: "Timber Worg is afflicted by Spell Vulnerability"

and I do:

function myString_findPattern(text, pattern, start)
   return string.sub(text, string.find(text, pattern, start))
end

local targetName = myString_findPattern(arg1, "%a*")

Then I get:

targetName = "Timber"

not "Timber Worg" and I need to know how to call the whole name

[Eidolarr]

Ok. The problem is that the pattern you search for, %a+, doesn't account for whitespace, so it hits the first unit of whitespace and stops.

Easiest way? Find a library that does it for you. :P

[Tatheltek]

SCT seems to call ..target.. for when it references a targets name but I can't seem to locate what library its in...does anyone know? or could you point me to a library that shows how thats referenced?

[Tatheltek]

If still referencing Timber Worg is afflicted by Spell Vulnerability

I figured out that by adding %s%a* into my code below:

function myString_findPattern(text, pattern, start)
   return string.sub(text, string.find(text, pattern, start))
end

local targetName = myString_findPattern(arg1, "%a*%s%a*")

...I can now include the "white space" and the next word, returning "Timber Worg" for example.

This brings about a different situation. The new code returns two words...indifferent if its the targets name or not. So when a player target's name is referenced, instead of "Timber Worg," after this change has been made, it would make targetname = "You are" or "Soandso is" for example (because it pulls the first two words).

So if i were attacking Majordomo Executus it would return his full name
If I were attacking another player, it would return "Soandso is"
and if I were attacking Wing Commander Duffy, it would just return "Wing Commander"

[Seerah]

The library sct uses is ParserLib. Take your pick of which version to use....