From 6e896cc9e5c7fc5a453f0aeee70692c07d169e58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aspect <41125780+Aspect12@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 21:58:11 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Refactor FindPlayer() to handle empty identifier.

---
 gamemode/core/sh_util.lua | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gamemode/core/sh_util.lua b/gamemode/core/sh_util.lua
index 87f583ef0..af0b3dc9c 100644
--- a/gamemode/core/sh_util.lua
+++ b/gamemode/core/sh_util.lua
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ end
 -- @bool[opt=false] bAllowPatterns Whether or not to accept Lua patterns in `identifier`
 -- @treturn player Player that matches the given search query - this will be `nil` if a player could not be found
 function ix.util.FindPlayer(identifier, bAllowPatterns)
+	if (#identifier == 0) then return end
+
 	if (string.find(identifier, "STEAM_(%d+):(%d+):(%d+)")) then
 		return player.GetBySteamID(identifier)
 	end