--- loncom/interface/loncreateuser.pm	2007/08/25 17:46:24	1.176
+++ loncom/interface/loncreateuser.pm	2007/08/25 19:52:29	1.177
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Create a user
 #
-# $Id: loncreateuser.pm,v 1.176 2007/08/25 17:46:24 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncreateuser.pm,v 1.177 2007/08/25 19:52:29 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2203,7 +2203,7 @@ sub user_search_result {
     if ($srch->{'srchin'} !~ /^(crs|dom|alc|instd)$/) {
         $response = &mt('Invalid search.');
     }
-    if ($srch->{'srchtype'} !~ /^(exact|contains)$/) {
+    if ($srch->{'srchtype'} !~ /^(exact|contains|begins)$/) {
         $response = &mt('Invalid search.');
     }
     if ($srch->{'srchterm'} eq '') {
@@ -2274,7 +2274,17 @@ sub user_search_result {
                         foreach my $user (keys(%$courseusers)) {
                             my ($cuname,$cudomain) = split(/:/,$user);
                             if ($cudomain eq $srch->{'srchdomain'}) {
-                                if ($cuname =~ /\Q$srch->{'srchterm'}\E/i) {
+                                my $matched = 0;
+                                if ($srch->{'srchtype'} eq 'begins') {
+                                    if ($cuname =~ /^\Q$srch->{'srchterm'}\E/i) {
+                                        $matched = 1;
+                                    }
+                                } else {
+                                    if ($cuname =~ /\Q$srch->{'srchterm'}\E/i) {
+                                        $matched = 1;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                                if ($matched) {
                                     $srch_results{$user} = 
 					{&Apache::lonnet::get('environment',
 							     ['firstname',
@@ -2309,6 +2319,8 @@ sub user_search_result {
                 if ($srch->{'srchby'} eq 'lastname') {
                     if ((($srch->{'srchtype'} eq 'exact') && 
                          ($names{'lastname'} eq $srch->{'srchterm'})) || 
+                        (($srch->{'srchtype'} eq 'begins') &&
+                         ($names{'lastname'} =~ /^\Q$srch->{'srchterm'}\E/i)) ||
                         (($srch->{'srchtype'} eq 'contains') &&
                          ($names{'lastname'} =~ /\Q$srch->{'srchterm'}\E/i))) {
                         $srch_results{$user} = {firstname => $names{'firstname'},
@@ -2318,6 +2330,8 @@ sub user_search_result {
                     }
                 } elsif ($srch->{'srchby'} eq 'lastfirst') {
                     my ($srchlast,$srchfirst) = split(/,/,$srch->{'srchterm'});
+                    $srchlast =~ s/\s+$//;
+                    $srchfirst =~ s/^\s+//;
                     if ($srch->{'srchtype'} eq 'exact') {
                         if (($names{'lastname'} eq $srchlast) &&
                             ($names{'firstname'} eq $srchfirst)) {
@@ -2327,7 +2341,15 @@ sub user_search_result {
 
                                            };
                         }
-                    } elsif ($srch->{'srchtype'} eq 'contains') {
+                    } elsif ($srch->{'srchtype'} eq 'begins') {
+                        if (($names{'lastname'} =~ /^\Q$srchlast\E/i) &&
+                            ($names{'firstname'} =~ /^\Q$srchfirst\E/i)) {
+                            $srch_results{$user} = {firstname => $names{'firstname'},
+                                                lastname => $names{'lastname'},
+                                                permanentemail => $emails{'permanentemail'},
+                                               };
+                        }
+                    } else {
                         if (($names{'lastname'} =~ /\Q$srchlast\E/i) && 
                             ($names{'firstname'} =~ /\Q$srchfirst\E/i)) {
                             $srch_results{$user} = {firstname => $names{'firstname'},