Negative searches

If the keyword NOT is specified in the @ON statement then the records and/or string variables which do not contain the search term are identified. This is described in detail for the individual formats of the @ON statement.

Example

The work file contains the following lines:

1.ABCD
2.ABCE
3.ABDE
4.ACDE

With @ON & PRINT NOT 'AB' only the 4th line would be output.

With @ON & PRINT NOT 'ABC', the 3rd and 4th line would be output.