
FIND
is
represen
ted
as:
C
1
and
C
3
or
C
2
and
C
3
Up
to
50
logical
connectors
may
b e
used
in
one
FIND
command.
Compound
Items
A
comp ound
data
item
is
an
item
that
o ccurs
more
than
once
in
the
same
data
en
try
.
Eac
h
o ccurrence
of
the
data
item
is
called
a
sub-item.
Eac
h
may
ha
v
e
a
v
alue
and
an
y
or
all
sub-items
in
a
data
en
try
can
b e
accessed.
F
or
example,
if
y
ou
ha
v
e
dened
a
comp ound
item
called
MONTHL
Y-SALES
with
12
sub-items
(1
for
eac
h
mon
th),
a
retriev
al
of
all
en
tries
with
June
sales
of
greater
than
$2000
could
lo
ok
like
this:
>FIND
MONTHLY-SALES(6)
>
2000
If
no
subscript
is
sp ecied,
the
subscript
is
assumed
to
b e
the
rst
sub-item.
Multiple
V
alues
T
o
sp ecify
more
than
one
v
alue
for
the
same
data
item,
list
the
v
alues
one
after
the
other,
separated
b
y
commas.
F
or
example,
the
command:
>FIND
STATE
IS
"CALIFORNIA","NEVADA","WASHINGTON"
lo
cates
the
en
tries
with
the
v
alue
of
data
item
ST
A
TE
equal
to
either
CALIF
ORNIA,
NEV
AD
A,
OR
W
ASHINGTON.
The
ab o
v
e
command
is
equal
to:
>FIND
STATE
IS
"CALIFORNIA"
OR
STATE
IS
"NEVADA"
OR
STATE
IS
"WASHINGTON"
Multiple
v
alues
can
only
b e
used
with
the
\equal"
or
\not
equal"
relational
op erators.
Using
Null
V
alues
The
FIND
command
can
prompt
y
ou
for
data
item
v
alues
to
b e
compared
with
data
item
v
alues
in
the
data
en
tries
of
the
data
set.
T
o
do
this,
y
ou
use
n
ull
data
item
v
alues
in
the
command.
Null
v
alues
are
represen
ted
b
y
a
pair
of
quotation
marks
without
an
y
in
terv
ening
c
haracters
or
blank
spaces
("").
When
the
command
is
executed,
y
ou
are
prompted
to
en
ter
a
v
alue
for
eac
h
n
ull
v
alue
in
the
command.
This
is
useful
when
the
FIND
command
is
stored
as
a
pro cedure
in
a
Pro
c-le.
The
pro cedure
can
b e
executed
using
dieren
t
comparison
v
alues
without
mo
difying
the
pro cedure
eac
h
time.
F
or
example,
the
following
command
w
ould
prompt
y
ou
for
a
v
alue
of
A
CCOUNT
with
the
follo
wing
message.
> FIND
SALES.ACCOUNT
<>
""
WHAT
IS
THE
VALUE
OF
-
ACCOUNT
>> 24536173
USING
SERIAL
READ
10
ENTRIES
QUALIFIED
QUER
Y
searc
hes
the
appropriate
data
set
for
the
v
alues
y
ou
sp ecify
.
The
v
alue
should
b e
en
tered
without
the
surrounding
quotes
since
all
c
haracters
en
tered
(including
leading
blanks,
quotes,
and
other
sp ecial
c
haracters)
are
signicant.
Lo
w
ercase
c
haracters
are
upshifted
unless
the
data
item
t
yp e
is
X.
The
maximum
v
alue
size
is
72
c
haracters.
3-34
QUERY/V
COMMANDS
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