Using List Files Find Feature With Hyphenated

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:22 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: Using List Files, Find, Entire Document (F5, 9, 4), the customer is unable to locate documents containing hyphenated words such as "fred-mar". When prompted for Word Pattern, he was typing fred-mar. Solutions: As noted in the WordPerfect 5.1 Manual under Find, the hyphen (-) is a logical operator which functions as a minus sign in a search string. Using the above example, WP would exclude any files containing mar which also contain fred. In order to accomplish the search he wants, he needs to enclose the string within quotation marks, i.e., "fred-mar". This string allows the user to find hyphenated words.

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