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| $channel Retrieves the window ID of a specified channel | 
| Usage | 
| $channel[(<channel name>[,<irc context id>])] | 
| Description | 
| Returns the window ID of channel matching the
<channel name> and bound to the connection specified by
<irc context id> If no window matches the specified name or connection, an invalid window ID is returned 0. If no <irc context id> is specified, this function looks for the channel in the current connection context (if any). If no <channel name> is specified, this function returns the current channel window ID, if executed in a channel, and 0 otherwise. | 
| See also | 
| $window, $query, $console, Window naming conventions |