You can find the position of a topic, whether its name is numerical or not by doing a simple loop through $ini. You can then use this position to use $ini(file,position,0) for total items etc.

It returns 0 if the topic was not found, else it returns a positive integer.

/*

Usage:

$inipos(file,topic)
Returns 0 if the topic doesn't exist

Example:

//if ($inipos(test.ini,500)) echo -a $ini(test.ini,$ifmatch,0) items found

*/

Code:
alias inipos {
  if (!$isfile($1)) || ($0 < 2) return
  if ($2 !isnum) return $ini($1,$2)
  var %a = $ini($1,0)
  while ($ini($1,%a) != $2) && (%a) dec %a 
  return %a
}

Here's a little snippet you can try it with:

; Usage: /echoitems <file> <topic>

Code:
alias echoitems {
  var %pos = $$inipos($1,$2)
  if (%pos == 0) return
  var %i = 1, %ii = $ini($1,%pos,0), %item
  while (%i &lt;= %ii) {
    %item = $ini($1,%pos,%i)
    echo -a $+(%item,=,$readini($1,n,$2,%item))
    inc %i
  }
}



Gone.