Upgrade get_vocab_id() to handle empty strings.

[open-adventure.git] / misc.c

diff --git a/misc.c b/misc.c
index 2b6a58b212a7561eab784dad1a151566319cab4f..6e3656f50fd90e9144e9f27177fc9a10673391ad 100644 (file)
--- a/misc.c
+++ b/misc.c
@@ -483,6 +483,10 @@ int get_special_vocab_id(const char* word)
 long get_vocab_id(const char* word)
 // Search the vocab categories in order for the supplied word.
 {
+    /* Check for an empty string */
+    if (strncmp(word, "", sizeof("")) == 0)
+      return (WORD_EMPTY);
+
     long ref_num;
 
     /* FIXME: Magic numbers related to vocabulary */