Find

Use the Find command in the editor to find segments that contain specified character strings. You can use the editor while the Find dialog is open.

Follow these steps:

1. Right-click anywhere in the editor, click Find.

   The Find dialog displays.

2. Specify the find details:
   • Find

     Specifies the string to find.

   • Type

     Specifies the data type of the find string.

   • Length

     Specifies the length of the find string.

     Note: The field is only active, when you select the Packed decimal as data type. You must fill the Length field when the Find field is empty, otherwise the field is optional.

3. Select the column range information:
   • 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 specified, the specified string must begin in the start column.

   Note: If no column limits are specified, all columns are searched for the string.

4. Select the occurrence options:
   • Next

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

   • Previous

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

   • First

     Start at the beginning of the database and locate the first occurrence of the specified string.

   • Last

     Start at the end of the database and locate the last occurrence of the specified string.

5. Select the location options that define where the string can occur in the context of other characters in a segment:
   • Character

     Match strings anywhere in a segment.

   • Word

     Match only complete words.

   • Prefix

     Match only strings at the beginning of words.

   • Suffix

     Match only strings at the end of words.

6. (Optional) Specify the find limit:
   • Find limit

     Limits the number of segments to search. A value of 0 means that there is no limit.

     Limit: Do not enter more than eight digits.

7. Click one of the following buttons:
   • Find

     Runs the find command until the specified conditions are met once.

   • Find all

     Runs the find command until all instances that meet the specified conditions are found and displays the number of matches.

8. Click Close.

The Find dialog closes. The results in character format remain highlighted until you run the Find command again. In single-record format the highlighted position of the cursor ceases after you click in the editor.