-- Uses lots of stuff from SpellBookFrame.lua

	function FindBookThingyByName(name, subname, booktype)
		local spellName = "smurf";
		local subSpellName = "Rank 5";
		local index = 1;

		-- thanks to Munelear for the nice loop condition :)
		while spellName do
	  	spellName, subSpellName = GetSpellName(index, booktype);
	  	if ( ( spellName ~= nil) and ( string.find(spellName, name) ~= nil) ) then
	  		if ( ( subname == nil ) or ( string.find(subSpellName, subname) ~= nil) ) )  then
		  		return index;
		  	end
	  	end
	  	index = index + 1;
		end
		return nil;
	end

	function FindSpellByName(name, subname)
		return FindBookThingyByName(name, subname, BOOKTYPE_SPELL);
	end
	
	function FindPetByName(name, subname)
		return FindBookThingy(name, subname, BOOKTYPE_PET);
	end
	
	function FindAbilityByName(name, subname)
		return FindBookThingyByName(name, subname, BOOKTYPE_ABILITY);
	end
	
	-- will return an index and then a book type.
	-- if the thingy is not found in any book it will return nil, nil
	function FindInAnyBookType(name, subname)
		local index = nil;
		for bookType, value in SPELLBOOK_PAGENUMBERS do
			index = FindBookThingyByName(name, subname, bookType);
			if (index ~= nil) then
				return index, bookType;
			end
		end
		return nil, nil;
	end