function getHand(player)

local _ALLOWEDS = {} -- example {2723, 8329, 8921}
local slotRight = getPlayerSlotItem(player, 5)
local slotLeft = getPlayerSlotItem(player, 6)

    if isInArray(_ALLOWEDS, slotRight.itemid) then
        return "right"
    elseif isInArray(_ALLOWEDS, slotLeft.itemid) then
       return "left"
    end

    return nil
end

function getWandDmg(itemId)

local file = io.open("data/weapons/weapons.xml", "r")

    for info in string.gmatch(file:read("*a"), "<weapons(.-)</weapons>") do
        if info:match("wand id=\"(.-)\"") == itemId then
            local min = info:match("min=(.-)")
            local max = info:match("max=(.-)")
            return math.random(min, max)
        end
    end

    file:close()
    return nil
end

function getWandDmgType(itemId)

local file = io.open("data/weapons/weapons.xml", "r")

    for info in string.gmatch(file:read("*a"), "<weapons(.-)</weapons>") do
        if info:match("wand id=\"(.-)\"") == itemId then
            local type = info:match("type=(.-)")
            return tostring(type)
        end
    end

    file:close()
    return nil
end

function setWandExtraDmg(wand, extra)

    local value = tonumber(getWandExtraDmg(wand))

    return doSetItemAttribute(wand.uid, "extraDmg", value + extra)
end

function getWandExtraDmg(wand)

    if getItemAttribute(wand.uid, "extraDmg") == nil then
        doSetItemAttribute(wand.uid, "extraDmg", 0)
    end

    return getItemAttribute(wand.uid, "extraDmg")
end