+@lib.hook(glevel=1, needchan=False)
+@lib.help("[@<category>] <phrase>", "finds a question (qid) given a (partial) question or answer")
+@lib.argsGE(1)
+def findqa(bot, user, chan, realtarget, *args):
+ args = list(args)
+ if args[0].startswith("@"):
+ cat = args.pop(0)[1:].lower()
+ questions = state.db['questions'][cat]
+ else:
+ questions = state.questions
+ pattern = ' '.join(args)
+ return _findq(questions, pattern, True)
+
+def _findq(questions, pattern, check_answers=False):