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Finding Data Records
You instruct File to find a particular record or set of records by entering
comparisons in I or more key fields of the Find record. Include
comparison symbols
(=, < >, <, <=, =<, >, >=, =»,
the ampersand
(&),
and/or wildcard characters
(*
and
?)
in the FIND criteria.
Suppose you want to find every personal friend in your data base file whose
Birthday is in September.
1. Move the cursor to the Type field in the FIND record.
2. PressW for the Edit command.
3. Type
=P,
and press [;] 3 times to move to the Birth field.
4. Type
=>
9/1
&
< =
9/30. (Search for all dates greater than or equal to
September I and less than or equal to September 30.)
5. Press I
ENTER
I to carry out the Edit command.
The records for Bill Carter and Timothy Jones appear.
Deleting a Find Record
The current FIND record is displayed until you change or delete the FIND
criteria. To restore all records to the screen, add a new, blank FIND
record.
Press
IT]
for the Find command. A new FIND record is added above the
prevIOus one.
Because two or more FIND records display all records that match either
record, all the records (matching the blank record) appear.
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