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[RD_Man]

Sorry for the general forum question but, it will help me find topics much better.

How can I search for a phrase like 'file exists'?

I only seem to get results for file and/or exists. I specifically want only 'file exists'

Is This possible?

Mike

 

[rainylsh]

I think follow codes can help you.

if search("path/filename") ne ? then message "file exists".
else message "file not exists".

 

[sphipp]

What are you trying to do?

From your description, you could be searching for the phrase "File Exists" in source code or you could be searching for it in fields/variables.

If you are searching for text in source code then you could use grep or findstr depending on your operating system.

For Unix:

 grep -i "file exists" *

For Windows/DOS:

 findstr /i /s "file exists" *.*

If you are searching for the phrase in a variable/field then you could use MATCHES or INDEX:

IF vVariable MATCHES "*File Exists*" THEN 
  MESSAGE "Found it!" VIEW-AS ALERT-BOX.

IF INDEX (vVariable,"File Exists") > 0  THEN 
  MESSAGE "Found it!" VIEW-AS ALERT-BOX.

 

[RD_Man]

I want to know how to search for an exact phrase here in the forum. I just used the "File Exists" as an example.

I started searching the forum but I find posts with JUST file or JUST exists but i can NOT figure out how to search for exactly "file exists" here on the forum.

Over a lifetime it would simply help me, and others, get to the valuable posts much quicker!

P.S. Thanks rainylsh, for the indirect answer. It works perfect.