Exclude

Use the Exclude command to exclude all lines that match a specified pattern or string. The editor shows all records except for those that match the Exclude criteria.

Follow these steps:

1. Right-click anywhere in the editor, click Data Set-level Operations, Exclude.

   The Exclude dialog displays.

2. Specify the following values:
   • Exclude string

     Specifies the string to exclude

   • Start column

     Specifies the first, or leftmost, column in which to search

   • End column

     Specifies the last, or rightmost, column in which to search

     Note: If the end column is not also specified, the specified string must begin the in the start column.

3. Specify the following options:
   • Next

     Start from the current position in the file and locate the next occurrence of the specified string

   • Previous

     Start from the current position in the file and locate the previous occurrence of the specified string

   • First

     Start at the beginning of the file and locate the first occurrence of the specified string

   • Last

     Start at the end of the file and locate the last occurrence of the specified string

   • Character

     Match strings anywhere in a word

   • Word

     Match only complete words

   • Prefix

     Match only strings at the beginning of words

   • Suffix

     Match only strings at the end of words

4. Click one of the following buttons:
   • Exclude

     Excludes a single item.

   • Exclude All

     Excludes all items.

   The dialog closes and the editor refreshes, hiding from view any lines that match the excluded criteria. Contiguous excluded lines are displayed as a single line of dashes.