From dbd6bfc10331c23972175bf729ccb4e0e75bcba9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Arp <357770+welcor@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:12:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 4: Redundant null
 check due to previous dereference (#173)

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 0930889..dd6b11a 100644
--- a/src/dg_variables.c
+++ b/src/dg_variables.c
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ void find_replacement(void *go, struct script_data *sc, trig_data *trig,
       }
       /* Addition inspired by Jamie Nelson. */
       else if (!str_cmp(var, "findobj")) {
-        if (!field || !*field || !subfield || !*subfield) {
+        if (!*field || !subfield || !*subfield) {
           script_log("findobj.vnum(ovnum) - illegal syntax");
           strcpy(str, "0");
         } else {