Yeah, it didn't cross my mind to consider a code that way. Thank you.

I do know that $banmask by itself is wildcard prone. jaytea's example above should get the job done right.

the problem is that 'if ($banmask iswm $ialchan($ulist(*,100,%?),#,1))' is only checking the banmask against the first matching address in the channel, when there could of course be several matching addresses.

the overall method, "for each level 100 address, check if it matches a user in the channel who is affected by the ban", is not efficient in general. a better method can be described as "for each person affected by the ban, check if they are matched by any level 100 address":

on @*:ban:#:{
  var %i = 1
  while ($ialchan($banmask, #, %i)) {
    if ($ulist($v1, 100, 1)) {
      mode # -b $banmask
      return
    }
    inc %i
  }
}

Okay, thank you for all your help. I greatly appreciate it. I'll see if I can play around with it a little and get it to work how I want. :-)

I have an idea. This may prevail to accomplish the wildcard match:

on !@*:rawmode:#:{
  var %b = 1
  var %c = *!cDn@*|*2nd@*|*!*3rd@*|*!IDENT@*
  while ($gettok(%c,%b,124)) { 
    if ($wildtok($1-,$v1,1,124)) {
      mode # -b $v1
    }
    inc %b
  }
}
on @*:ban:#:{
  var %? = 1
  while (%? <= $ulist(*,100,0)) {
    if ($banmask iswm $ialchan($ulist(*,100,%?),#,1)) {
      mode # -b $v1
    }
    inc %?
  }
}

You basically add the keyword of any variation of the wildcard addresses as shown under the rawmode event, divided with a pipe for each one. If the ban mask consists of the keyword, the script will then remove the ban for you.

I'm not sure what can be done about that. The $ialchan() identifier will match mIRC's internal address list, which is merely able to identify nine address types stated above.

I would have thought "iswm" would do the trick since both "!ident@.isp.com" and "!ident@.some.weird.name.isp.com" are valid banmasks. The hash tables idea is great, but not practical because at this rate, I'll be adding variations of valid banmasks such as the ones above all day. There are at least 15 authorized users in my bot. :-)

What I can think of at this moment is include an additional feature to add protected addresses in a hash table, along with the rawmode event to catch the wildcard match like so:

on *:exit:{
  hsave pro pro
}
on *:start:{
  if ($isfile(pro)) {
    hmake pro 1000
    hload pro pro
  }
}
on !@*:rawmode:#:{
  if ($hfind(pro,$2,1,w)) {
    mode # -b $v1
  }
}
on @*:ban:#:{
  var %? = 1
  while (%? <= $ulist(*,100,0)) {
    if ($banmask iswm $ialchan($ulist(*,100,%?),#,1)) {
      mode # -b $v1
    }
    inc %?
  }
}

To add those wildcard addresses, use:

/hadd -m pro *!cDn@*.rogers.com
/hadd -m pro *!cDn@*.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com

The script will only recognize these ban types:

0: *!user@host
1: *!*user@host
2: *!*@host
3: *!*user@*.host
4: *!*@*.host
5: nick!user@host
6: nick!*user@host
7: nick!*@host
8: nick!*user@*.host
9: nick!*@*.host

Jethro: Sorry to trouble you, but I'm still running into a bit of a problem. - Using revised code.

The ban gets removed if set like this:
10:44pm Mode Set: (new-nick123/#LuminolBlue) +b !@clue-306FE3BC.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com
10:44pm Mode Set: (Cat/#LuminolBlue) -b !@clue-306FE3BC.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com

But it doesn't get removed if set like this:
10:46pm -!- Mode Set: (new-nick123/#LuminolBlue) +b !cDn@.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com
10:46pm -!- Mode Set: (new-nick123/#LuminolBlue) +b !cDn@.rogers.com

Or any other format for that matter.

Thanks for your continued help!

My error. This one is tested should do it:

on @*:ban:#:{
  var %? = 1
  while (%? <= $ulist(*,100,0)) {
    if ($banmask iswm $ialchan($ulist(*,100,%?),#,1)) {
      mode # -b $v1
    }
    inc %?
  }
}

Hmmm... doesn't seem to be working at all.

8:07pm -!- Mode Set: «new-nick123/#LuminolBlue» +b !cDn@.rogers.com

And my bot doesn't remove the ban like he's supposed to because I am level 100. Levels in my bot are entered like this: 100:Nick!@.isp.com. Perhaps this will help?

Thank you so much, Jethro. I greatly appreciate your help!

on @*:ban:#:{
  var %? = 1
  while (%? <= $ulist(*,100,0)) {
    if ($ialchan($ulist(*,100,%?),#,1).nick isban #) {
      mode # -b $banmask
    }
    inc %?
  }
}