Repeating a FIND

Pressing the FIND key (without typing a string in the COMMAND field) repeats the last FIND (or FIND PREV) command.

To find successive occurrences of a string, specify the appropriate command once to find the first occurrence, then press the FIND key to find successive occurrences.

You can use the abbreviated FIND command, F, to search the report for a specific data value.

1. Type F 50,000 in the COMMAND field and press Enter.

   The cursor moves to the first occurrence of the string in the report (the record of M. Goliger).

   Figure 16 Using the Find Key (1)

      66154    S. LUTES         25    42,000   XXX-YY-ZZZZ      2

      66155    M. GOLIGER       08    50,000   XXX-YY-ZZZZ      2

      66156    L. WOHL          18    41,000   XXX-YY-ZZZZ      2

2. Press the FIND key (PF05/PF17).

   The cursor locates the next occurrence of the string in the report (the record of H. Avidon).

   Figure 17 Using the Find Key (2)

      66342    L. TOLSTOY       27    39,000   XXX-YY-ZZZZ      2

      66155    H. AVIDON        01    50,000   XXX-YY-ZZZZ      2

      66156    C. LEE           17    32,500   XXX-YY-ZZZZ      2

3. Press Enter to return to the Command line.
4. Type F 50,000 PREV (but do not press Enter).
5. Use the DOWN key to move to the line containing the record of T. Hardy.
6. Press Enter.

   The cursor moves to the previous occurrence of the string (the record of H. Avidon, again).

7. Press the FIND key (PF05/PF17).

   The cursor again moves to the previous occurrence of the string (the record of M. Goliger).

Note: Substring occurrences are also found when using the FIND key. For example, performing a FIND on the word end, would retrieve the word "dependents." Finding substrings can often be avoided by enclosing the word in quotes with a preceding and/or trailing embedded space (for example, " end "), but it might overlook desired occurrences. For example, "end." would be overlooked because of the period after the word.