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;<var>querystring</var>: the string to search for. | ;<var>querystring</var>: the string to search for. | ||
;<var>cexpr</var>, <var>copr</var> <var>cexpr</var>: see <code>[[Programmer_Guide/Shell_Items/Table/SET_TABLE#FIND|SET table FIND]]</code>. | ;<var>cexpr</var>, <var>copr</var> <var>cexpr</var>: see <code>[[Programmer_Guide/Shell_Items/Table/SET_TABLE#FIND|SET table FIND]]</code>. | ||
;< | ;<code>/i</code>: The search will be case insensitive (by default, it is case sensitive). | ||
;< | ;<code>/t</code>: only tagged table entries will be considered. | ||
;< | ;<code>/m=regular</code> | ||
:<var>querystring</var> will be considered a POSIX regular expression. | :<var>querystring</var> will be considered a POSIX regular expression. | ||
;< | ;<code>/m=wildcard</code> | ||
:<var>querystring</var> will be considered an {{STX}} wildcard expression (just like <code>[[Programmer Guide/Command Reference/FIND|FIND]]</code>). | :<var>querystring</var> will be considered an {{STX}} wildcard expression (just like <code>[[Programmer Guide/Command Reference/FIND|FIND]]</code>). | ||
;< | ;<code>/m=substring</code>: All characters in <var>querystring</var> will be considered autonomous, i.e. naming themselves. The <code>[[Programmer Guide/Command Reference/FIND|FIND]]</code> command will find the first entry of which <var>querystring</var> is a substring. | ||
;< | ;<code>/m=full</code>:All characters in <var>querystring</var> will be considered autonomous, i.e. naming themselves. The <code>[[Programmer Guide/Command Reference/FIND|FIND]]</code> command will find the first entry whose content is exactly identical to <var>querystring</var> (with the possible exception of case). | ||
;< | ;<code>[[Programmer_Guide/Command_Reference_Options/-|/-]]</code>: You should always use the [[Programmer_Guide/Command_Reference_Options/-|/-]] "non-option" option before the first argument in order not to cause arguments to be mistaken for options. |
Revision as of 14:34, 28 April 2014
The QUERY
command, although similar to the FIND
command, offers the programmer more choice in how to search.
QUERY [ /i ] [ /t ] [ /m=matchtype ] /- table startentry field querystring
QUERY /m=find table startentry cepr [ copr cexpr ... ] [ /t ] // works like SET table FIND
- matchtype
- one of the keywords
regular
,wildcard
,substring
,full
, andfind
.
- table
- the table to search.
- startentry
- the zero-based index of the entry at with which to start the search.
- field
- the table field to search.
- querystring
- the string to search for.
- cexpr, copr cexpr
- see
SET table FIND
. /i
- The search will be case insensitive (by default, it is case sensitive).
/t
- only tagged table entries will be considered.
/m=regular
- querystring will be considered a POSIX regular expression.
/m=wildcard
- querystring will be considered an STx wildcard expression (just like
FIND
). /m=substring
- All characters in querystring will be considered autonomous, i.e. naming themselves. The
FIND
command will find the first entry of which querystring is a substring. /m=full
- All characters in querystring will be considered autonomous, i.e. naming themselves. The
FIND
command will find the first entry whose content is exactly identical to querystring (with the possible exception of case). /-
- You should always use the /- "non-option" option before the first argument in order not to cause arguments to be mistaken for options.