FIND
FIND is a basic panel command that you can issue from any panel containing free-form text (for example, reports and Help panels). Use this command to find a specified string of text and move the cursor to the text.
Syntax of the FIND command
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
string | The text to find. The text can consist of one or more words. When a string consists of more than one word, you must enclose it in apostrophes (‘) or quotation marks ('). |
* | Indicates that the FIND command should search for the same string as the previous FIND command |
none | When no optional parameter is specified after the string, the search begins at the current cursor position and searches forward toward the bottom of the data. |
FIRST | Starts searching at the top of the data ands find the first occurrence of the string |
LAST | Starts searching at the bottom of the data and finds the last occurrence of the string |
PREV | Starts searching at the current cursor position and searches back toward the top of the data |
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