From 6d0d960eef31a7a79cb362d6c481450e96f18c68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frank Becker <frank@calmdevelopment.de>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 22:50:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] use regex match to check if message starts with command

---
 bot.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index 6f08848..6ffdaa9 100755
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class Bot:
         body = event.body
         if len(body) == 0:
             return
-        if body[0] != '!':
+        if self.starts_with_command(body) is None:
             return
 
         command = body.split().pop(0)
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ class Bot:
             await self.send_text(room,
                                  f"Sorry. I don't know what to do. Execute !help to get a list of available commands.")
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def starts_with_command(body):
+        return re.match(r"^!\w.*", body)
+
     async def invite_cb(self, room, event):
         room: MatrixRoom
         event: InviteEvent