The Extract Tool automates the creation and configuration of EXTRACT, FIND and REPEAT.
For a detailed reference with examples see Extracting Data From Files
By default FIND alone will extract only the first occurrence of a match with its Value: parameter.
REPEAT is a parent to one or more FINDs to force them to continue to search through the file to match Value: more than one time.
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Maximum Number of Matches: | Set an integer number of matches after which child FINDs will stop searching |
Stop When Value: | Set a literal value that when matched, will stop all child FINDs |
Stop Line: | Specify whether to include or exclude the matching line (matching Stop When Value:) for any child FINDs Default: Include in Search, Exclude from Search |
Type: | Sequence of data types to apply to LIST references in Stop When Value: (Integer, Real, Text) |