From 1dfbe0fa83f0706be19ea9483c2518049afe30d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Arp <357770+welcor@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:10:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 3: Redundant null
 check due to previous dereference (#172)

Co-authored-by: Copilot Autofix powered by AI <62310815+github-advanced-security[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/dg_variables.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/dg_variables.c b/src/dg_variables.c
index 0f2f63d..0930889 100644
--- a/src/dg_variables.c
+++ b/src/dg_variables.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ void find_replacement(void *go, struct script_data *sc, trig_data *trig,
  * will return the number of bags of gold.
  * Addition inspired by Jamie Nelson */
       else if (!str_cmp(var, "findmob")) {
-        if (!field || !*field || !subfield || !*subfield) {
+        if (!*field || !subfield || !*subfield) {
           script_log("findmob.vnum(mvnum) - illegal syntax");
           strcpy(str, "0");
         } else {