LOCATE
negative
LOCATE
Type II Commands
(will not be set
Frequently, it is
on the screen. The selective column
complish this (see Type II command: VIEW) or the user may simply adjust
the data left or right as desired. By specifying LEFT the columns currently in
view will be shifted one position to the left. No data loss occurs and the user
may simply enter the RIGHT command to cause data to be shifted back into
its original position.
left (or
shifted if the requested shift would cause the total offset (total shift magni
tude) to exceed the maximum record length of the current level.
L /stringl/ <zl
The
known. A specified string of characters or multiple strings of characters are
entered as parameters to the
starting at the line immediately following the current line, for one containing
all of the requested character strings within the currently defined
exactly the same fashion as those defined by the
effect only for the immediately preceeding character string. If an over-riding
zone is specified as
no overriding zones are specified for the last character string, and the delimit
ing character is
overriding zones are supplied for the last character string, it is not necessary
to enter any delimiter. If only the starting delimiter is entered, in this case, it
will be considered a delimiter (and not part of the data string) only if it is a
The negative locate is a feature of the basic
used to locate a line in which a specified string of characters does
string delimiter, a search for a line in which the delimited string does
issuance of the locate command.
(positive and negative) of the
tion of the search. The selected line then becomes the "current