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 FIND to find a specified string of text and move the cursor to the text.
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
string | The text to be found. This text can consist of one or more words. When a string consists of more than one word, you must enclose it with apostrophes (‘) or quotation marks ("). |
* | Tells the FIND command to search for the string used in 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 | Tells the search to start at the top of the data and find the first occurrence of the string |
LAST | Tells the search to begin at the bottom of the data and find the last occurrence of the string |
PREV | Tells the search to begin at the current cursor position and search back toward the top of the data |
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