Testing for Too Many Event Names (causes lag)

[Sambo]

on the onEvent function, I have it testing for too many event names, and it lags. However, I can't just remove them because I need them for my custom HUD to work. Is there a way to test for all of the events without doing it every time an event is called? All of the events I test for start with "dc-trig-" followed by a number. In my normal levels it is testing for 5 of them and still runs smoothly, but in some, I'm testing for 10, and it causes lag. So, what I basically want to do is be able to parse only the first few letters of an event's name and not test all of them unless the "dc-trig-" part is present.

[Kevsoft]

The probably easiest way is:

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if(myEventName:find("dc-trig-"))then


Btw, next release comes with luajit. Luajit should run code x2 to x100 faster than the normal lua.

[Sambo]

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function onEvent(eventName)
   if(eventName:find("dc-trig-"))then
      if split_route == false then
         if eventName == "dc-trig-1" then
            ...
         end
      end
   end
end

This doesn't seem to work; the events won't trigger anything in Lua with the find() function there.
EDIT:
You don't need to help me fix that. It turns out that the lag was actually caused by a bad onLoop function routine that was placing 2 sprites on the screen per frame.