The '.nick' property at the end of '$ialchan()' tells it to return only the nickname instead of the full address.
$ialchan(*ccoo*!*@*,#chan,1) == Raccoon!fuzzy@woodland.critter
$ialchan(*ccoo*!*@*,#chan,1).nick == Raccoon
same as
$gettok($ialchan(*ccoo*!*@*,#chan,1),1,33) == Raccoon