Guide Section: Processing Object Data | EASAP Tree: DATA PROCESSING Branch

SEARCH locates one string within another.

SEARCH can test whether a string starts, ends or contains another string.

SEARCH can also be used to find the position within the string of the first or last occurrence of the search string.

Both the input string Search Text: and the search string Value: will usually contain DORs.

Regular Expressions may also be turned on for use during searching.

SEARCH
Essential Parameters:
Value:	Drop down list to select a string, SCALAR DORs only.
Search Text:	The text to search for
Function:	String match operation (CONTAINS, ENDS WITH, EQUALS, FIRST, LAST, STARTS WITH)
Optional Parameters:
Delimiter:	Character to act as delimiter in DOR in Value: and Search Text: above. default→%
Allow Regular Expressions:	default→FALSE, TRUE

The following examples use a SEARCH called search1

• Value: Error Code: 131
• Search Text: Error
• Function: CONTAINS
• search1→TRUE

• Value: Error Code: 131
• Search Text: error
• Function: CONTAINS
• search1→FALSE (case does not match)

• Value: Error Code: 131
• Search Text: Error
• Function: STARTS WITH
• search1→TRUE

• Value: Error Code: 131
• Search Text: :
• Function: FIRST
• search1→11 (11th character is the first match)

• Value: Error Code: 131
• Search Text: $
• Function: FIRST
• search1-1 (-1 indicates no match)

• Value: Error Code: 131
• Search Text: : [\d]{3}
• Function: CONTAINS
• Allow Regular Expressions: TRUE
• search1→TRUE (searched for a colon followed by a space followed by three numbers)

• Value: Error Code: 131
• Search Text: : [\d]{4}
• Function: CONTAINS
• Allow Regular Expressions: TRUE
• search1→FALSE (searched for a colon followed by a space followed by 4 numbers)