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Searches the Internal Address List for the address associated with the specified nickname.
 $address(nickname,type)

'''Note''' that if the [[:Category:IAL|Internal Address List]] doesn't contain a matching nickname, the identifier returns [[$null]].

To get a list of all types, look at [[$mask]].

== Example ==
 [[echo]] -a $address(Dana,5)
This example will return ''Dana!dana@staff.quakenet.org''.


 mode [[$chan]] -o+b [[$nick]] [[$iif]](*.users.quakenet.org iswm $address($nick,2),[[$v2]],$address($nick,3))
This example will check if someones host is <QAuth>.users.quakenet.org and if it is, use banmask type 2 on them, else use mask type 3.
== See Also ==
[[$ial]] returns the Nth address matching mask in the IAL.

[[Category:Nick and Address Identifiers]]