1 files changed, 21 insertions, 31 deletions

diff --git a/engines/agi/predictive.cpp b/engines/agi/predictive.cpp
index 3ab3f31e03..0230b9bd74 100644
--- a/engines/agi/predictive.cpp
+++ b/engines/agi/predictive.cpp
@@ -555,43 +555,33 @@ void AgiEngine::loadDict() {
 }
 
 bool AgiEngine::matchWord() {
-	if (_currentCode.empty()) {
+	// If no text has been entered, then there is no match.
+	if (_currentCode.empty())
 		return false;
-	}
-	// Lookup word in the dictionary
-	int line = 0, cmpRes = 0, len = 0;
-	char target[MAXWORDLEN];
-
-	strncpy(target, _currentCode.c_str(), MAXWORDLEN);
-	strcat(target, " ");
-
-	// do the search at most two times:
-	// first try to match the exact code, by matching also the space after the code
-	// if there is not an exact match, do it once more for the best matching prefix (drop the space)
-	len = _currentCode.size() + 1;
-	for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
-		// Perform a binary search.
-		int hi = _predictiveDictLineCount - 1;
-		int lo = 0;
-		while (lo <= hi) {
-			line = (lo + hi) / 2;
-			cmpRes = strncmp(_predictiveDictLine[line], target, len);
-			if (cmpRes > 0)
-				hi = line - 1;
-			else if (cmpRes < 0)
-				lo = line + 1;
-			else
-				break;
-		}
 
-		if (cmpRes == 0)  // Exact match found? -> stop now
-			break;
-		len--;  // Remove the trailing space
+	// If the currently entered text is too long, it cannot match anything.
+	if (_currentCode.size() > MAXWORDLEN)
+		return false;
+
+	// Perform a binary search on the dictionary to find the first
+	// entry that has _currentCode as a prefix.
+	int hi = _predictiveDictLineCount - 1;
+	int lo = 0;
+	int line = 0;
+	while (lo < hi) {
+		line = (lo + hi) / 2;
+		int cmpVal = strncmp(_predictiveDictLine[line], _currentCode.c_str(), _currentCode.size());
+		if (cmpVal > 0)
+			hi = line - 1;
+		else if (cmpVal < 0)
+			lo = line + 1;
+		else
+			hi = line;
 	}
 
 	_currentWord.clear();
 	_wordNumber = 0;
-	if (!strncmp(_predictiveDictLine[line], target, len)) {
+	if (0 == strncmp(_predictiveDictLine[line], _currentCode.c_str(), _currentCode.size())) {
 		_predictiveDictActLine = _predictiveDictLine[line];
 		char tmp[MAXLINELEN];
 		strncpy(tmp, _predictiveDictActLine, MAXLINELEN);