GearType.id_for_name()
This function returns the id of a gear type given a name. This function is a classmethod and so it must be called on the class of GearType itself.
Parameter
name: str - Name of the gear type.
Return
This function returns the id of the gear type (int) if it was found. It returns (-1) if it was not found.
Usage
GearType.id_for_name("WEAPON") # Returns 0
GearType.id_for_name("LRING") # Returns 10
GearType.id_for_name("BOOT") # Returns -1