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 =?UTF-8?q?z=20McKAY?= <mckaygerhard@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 13:05:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] better checks for nil on find method and player object

* really closes https://notabug.org/TenPlus1/mobs_redo/issues/114 again
* really closes #107
* nil checks
* improve the previous commit f78202cf8e1d4ba59bbe57cf774d2ba26b69ffc3
---
 api.lua | 30 +++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/api.lua b/api.lua
index 947d4c8..1910237 100644
--- a/api.lua
+++ b/api.lua
@@ -272,17 +272,17 @@ local check_for = function(look_for, look_inside)
 
 			if not str then goto continue end
 
-			if str == look_for then
-				return true
+			if str then
+				if str:find("group:") then
+					local group = str:split(":")[2] or ""
+					if minetest.get_item_group(look_for, group) ~= 0 then
+						return true
+					end
+				end
 			end
 
-			if str and str:find("group:") then
-
-				local group = str:split(":")[2] or ""
-
-				if minetest.get_item_group(look_for, group) ~= 0 then
-					return true
-				end
+			if str == look_for then
+				return true
 			end
 
 			::continue::
@@ -2120,12 +2120,12 @@ function mob_class:follow_flop()
 
 		for n = 1, #players do
 
-			if players[n] and get_distance(players[n]:get_pos(), s) < self.view_range
-			and not is_invisible(self, players[n]:get_player_name()) then
-
-				self.following = players[n]
-
-				break
+			if players[n] then
+				if get_distance(players[n]:get_pos(), s) < self.view_range
+						and not is_invisible(self, players[n]:get_player_name()) then
+					self.following = players[n]
+					break
+				end
 			end
 		end
 	end