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FIND: Syntax Rules

The syntax rules for using the FIND command to search for character strings are:

• When you enter optional keyword parameters or search boundaries as part of the FIND command, specify them in any order and separate them with either blanks or commas.
• Although not normally required, you can always use quotation marks or apostrophes to enclose the character string that you want to find, thereby avoiding any confusion with keywords or boundaries.

Examples

These examples show various ways you can search for the previous occurrence of the suffix tion, within columns 20 to 40.

Command ===> f tion prev suffix 20 40
Command ===> find prev suffix 'tion' 20 40
Command ===> f 'tion' 20,40 suffix prev
Command ===> find 20,40,prev,suffix,tion
Command ===> f prev 20 40 'tion' suffix