Find next and Find previous in the 4GL Editor's Edit menu.
Data entry
Find what
Character string to be found.
If a block of text was selected in the active document (source or help text) when the dialog box was opened, it will appear in this field.
Default setting: the most recent search character string.
The associated button lets you select a number of common elements found in regular expressions.
Expression
Description
Any character
Represents any single character (.)
Character range
Enters a range of possible characters ([])
Example: [A-Z]
Start of line
Locks the expression at the start of the line (^)
Valid only at the start of an expression.
End of line
Locks the expression at the end of the line ($)
Valid only at the end of an expression.
Stored subexpression
Subexpression that is stored for the Find and Replace function (())
Non-stored subexpression
Subexpression that is not stored (())
Or
Logical OR (|)
Example: num_bin_2|num_bin_4
Zero, one or more occurrences
Repeats the expression zero, one or more times (*)
One or more occurrences
Repeats the expression at least once (+)
Quantifier
Repeats the expression in a quantified manner (x times, or from x to y times ({})
Example: {2,5} expression repeated between 2 and 5 times.
* equivalent to {0,}
+ equivalent to {1,}
Space
Represents spacing characters (\s)
ID character
Represents a character that can be part of an identifier (for Adelia, except for EBCDIC characters) (\w).
Decimal digit
Represents a digit (\d).
Equivalent to [0-9]
Lists
Search in
List used to define the search scope.
The possible options are:
Active document
The search is performed on the current document.
All documents
The search is performed on all documents currently open in the editor.
Active block
The search is performed only on the current block (procedure, window, etc.). This option is only available if the current document is a structured source.
Check boxes
Match whole word only
Checked
Only those occurrences which exactly match the character string will be found (the search will not return parts of words).
Unchecked
All occurrences containing the character string will be found.
Match case
Checked
The search will concern the character string as it has been typed in, with exactly the same use of upper and lower case.
Unchecked
The search will not distinguish between upper and lower case characters.
The search is performed on the text in the input string.
Search in all open documents
Checked
The search will concern all documents that are open in the editor.
Unchecked
The search is only performed in the active document in the editor.
Radio buttons
Up
Instructs the system to search toward the top of the document, starting from the current cursor position. When the start of the document is reached, the search will continue from the end of the document.
Down
Instructs the system to search toward the bottom of the document, starting from the current cursor position. When the end of the document is reached, the search will continue from the start of the document.
Buttons
Next
Used to resume the search after stopping at an occurrence of the string being sought.
Cancel
Closes the dialog box without running the search procedure.
icon in the 4GL Editor's tool bar.
lets you select a number of common elements found in regular expressions.