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Returns the Nth address matching mask in the IAL.
 $ial(nick/mask,N)

Properties: nick, user, host, addr, mark

If N is 0, it returns the total number of matching masks.

== Example ==
 [[echo]] -a $ial(*,0)
This example echos the total number of addresses in your IAL.
 echo -a $ial(*Dana@staff.quakenet.org,1).nick
This one would echo ''Dana'', as it's the first and probably one matching nick.
 [[ialmark]] Dana This is Dana!
 echo -a $ial(Dana).mark
At first, we mark Dana with ''This is Dana!'' and then we echo it.

To get all matching nickname, you could use:
 ; at first initialize the looping-variable
 [[var]] %i = 1
 ; begin to loop through all matching nicks. $ial(*staff*,0) returns the total amount of entry matching *staff*
 [[while]] (%i <= $ial(*!*@staff.quakenet.org,0)) {
  ; echo them
  echo -a $ial(*!*@staff.quakenet.org,%i).nick
  ; increase looping variable
  [[inc]] %i
 } 
This example would echo all nicks with the address *!*@staff.quakenet.org, that are in your IAL.

[[Category:Nick and Address Identifiers]][[Category:IAL]]