Searching For Records (Find) - Tandy 600 Owner's Manual

Searching For Records (FIND)
You fill in fields of the
FIND
record to search for one or more records that
contain specific information. Enter search criteria in one or more "key"
fields.
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Key field entries have 2 parts: an operator and the search data. Operators
specify a value or range of values. File recognizes the following operators:
Searching for Exact or Partial Matches
The search data is the data for which you wish to search. If you have
entered any boilerplate characters in the FORM field, these must be
included in the search data. Search for a blank field by entering =" " or
="".
Do not type a space between the double quotes. Search for matching
data in more than one field by entering criteria in each field you want to
match.
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<=
>
=>
>=
equal to
not equal to
less than
less than or equal to
less than or equal to
greater than
greater than or equal to
greater than or equal to
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Enclose search data in quotes to search for an exact match, including
uppercase/lowercase distinctions. You can also include wildcard
characters
(*
and
?)
in your search data (in text fields only) to search for
partial matches. Refer to "Using Wildcard Characters" in "Chapter I,
System Manager" for more information.
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