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Tomasz;
Thanks for this complete set of
instructions. It is very helpful.
Regards
Lionel
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size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Tomasz Janeczko
[mailto:amibroker@xxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 4:01
AMTo: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: Re: [amibroker]
AFL brackets and parentheses
Hello,
When you download and then start mailing list
archive (<A
href="">http://www.amibroker.com/listarchive.html)
the following page appears, including all
necessary instructions to search it efficiently.
AmiBroker
mailing list archive collection
Thank you for downloading AmiBroker mailing list archive.
This mailing list collection includes all messages posted to AmiBroker
mailing list in the period 1998-2003 (updated upto March).
(You need to have 5 mailing list archives downloaded and present in the same
directory to use this collection)
You can either read the archive by browsing list of messages or using quick
full-text search. The later method is advised when you want to find relevant
information quickly. Below you will find instructions on using full-text search
feature.
Thank you.
Tomasz Janeczkoamibroker.com
Finding Information with Full-Text Search
A basic search of topics consists of the word or phrase you want to find. You
can use wildcard expressions, nested expressions, Boolean operators, similar
word matches, the previous results list, or topic titles to refine your search.
To perform a full-text search
In the navigation pane, click the Search tab and then type the word
or phrase you want to find. Use the right-arrow button to add Boolean
operators to your search.
Click List Topics.
Your search will return the first 500 hits. If you want to sort
the topic list, click Title, Location, or Rank.
Highlight the topic you want, and then click Display.
(Alternatively, you can display any topic by double-clicking it.)
To refine a full-text search
You can refine a basic search by using wildcard expressions, nested
expressions, and Boolean operators. You can also search only on the previous
results list, request similar word matches, or search only the titles of topics
in the table of contents.
To refine a search to include just the last group of topics you searched,
select the Search previous results check box.
To match similar spellings in a full-text search, select the Match
similar words check box.
When Match similar words is selected, the viewer matches
minor grammatical variations of the word or phrase you entered, as well as the
word or phrase itself. For example, if you entered "add" and selected this
box, the Library viewer would find "add", "adds", and "added". This option is
independent of other options or syntax. If you do a titles-only search,
variations in titles will be matched. If you use quotes (or any other query
operator) any variation of the word can appear; for example, "stemmed search"
will also match "stemming search".
To search for words in document titles only, select the Search titles
only check box.
To highlight words in searched topics
When searching for words in Help topics, you can specify that each occurrence
of the word or phrase you searched for is highlighted in the topics that are
found.
On the Viewer toolbar, click View and then click Highlights
to add a checkmark to this option to highlight all instances of the word or
phrase.
On the Viewer toolbar, click View and then click Highlights
to remove the checkmark from this option and to turn off this feature.
Search Syntax
The basic rules for formulating queries are as follows:
Searches are not case-sensitive, so you can type your search in uppercase
or lowercase characters.
You can search for any combination of letters (a–z) and numbers (0–9). You
cannot search for single letters (a, b, c, etc.) and the following reserved
words: an, and, as, at, be, but, by, do, for, from, have, he, in, it, not, of,
on, or, she, that, the, there, they, this, to, we, which, with, you.
Punctuation marks such as the period (.), colon (:), semicolon (;), comma
(,), and hyphen (-) are ignored during a search.
Group the elements of your search using "double quotes" or (parentheses).
You cannot search for quotation marks.
Note If you are searching for a
filename with an extension, you should group the entire string in double quotes,
("filename.ext"). Otherwise, the search will treat the period as an OR operator.
Words, Phrases, and Wildcards
You can search for words or phrases and use wildcard expressions. The table
below describes the results of these different kinds of searches.
Search for
Example
Results
A single word
Select
Topics that contain the word "select." (You will also find
its grammatical variations, such as "selector" and "selection").
A phrase
"new operator"
–or–
'new operator'
Topics that contain the literal phrase "new operator" and
all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is
equivalent to specifying a new AND operator, which will find topics
containing both of the individual words, instead of the phrase.
Wildcard expressions
Esc*
Topics that contain the terms "ESC," "escape,"
"escalation," and so on. The asterisk cannot be the only character in the
words.
80?86
Topics that contain the terms "80186," "80286," "80386,"
and so on. The question mark cannot be the only character in the
term.
*86
Topics that contain the terms "386," "486," "x86,"
"QEMM386," "8086," and so on.
Operators: AND, OR, NOT, and NEAR
The AND, OR, NOT, and NEAR operators allow you to refine your search. The
following table shows how to use each of these operators.
Search for
Example
Results
Both terms in the same topic
dib AND palette
–or–
dib & palette
Topics containing both the words "dib" and
"palette."
Either term in a topic
raster OR vector
–or–
raster | vector<
Topics containing either the word "raster" or the word
"vector."
The first term without the second term
ole NOT dde
–or–
ole ! dde
Topics containing the word "OLE," but not the word
"DDE."
Both terms in the same topic, close together
user NEAR kernel
Topics containing the word "user" within eight words of
the word "kernel."
Rules for Nested Expressions
The basic rules for searching topics using nested expressions are as follows:
You can use parentheses to nest expressions within a query. The
expressions in parentheses are evaluated before the rest of the query.
If a query does not contain a nested expression, it is evaluated from left
to right. For example, "Control NOT active OR dde" finds topics containing the
term "control" without the term "active", or topics containing the term
"control" and not "dde". (On the other hand, "control NOT (active OR dde)"
finds topics containing the term "control" without either of the terms
"active" or "dde".)
Nesting allows you to create more complex search expressions. For example,
"control AND ((active OR dde) NEAR window)" finds topics containing the term
"control" along with the terms "active" and "window" close together, or
containing "control" along with the terms "dde" and "window" close together.
You cannot nest expressions more than five levels deep.
Best regards,Tomasz Janeczkoamibroker.com
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----- Original Message -----
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>From:
Lionel
Issen
To: <A title=amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
href="">amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 7:01
AM
Subject: RE: [amibroker] AFL brackets and
parentheses
Dave:
I prefer to read a hard copy.
But I agree with searching the online version.
Thanks for the tip about
using the archived lists. Do you have any suggestions for efficiently
searching it?
Thanks
Lionel
<FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Dave Merrill
[mailto:dmerrill@xxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 10:48
PMTo: <A
href="">amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject:
RE: [amibroker] AFL brackets and parentheses
honestly, unless I want to
read the manual cover to cover or take it to the john or something, I find the
online version much much more helpful. the main thing is that it's searchable,
which is huge.
on another note, download the
archive of past mailing list posts. it's in HTML help format too, so it's
searchable, and it's simply a wonderful resource. it's big, but worth it,
especially if you have a fast connection.
dave
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>
The problem is solved, at
least partially.
I was using a hard copy of
the V 4.30 manual. The AFL section is different to that in the V
4.40 manual. I am printing out the latest version for my
use.
I didn't mean to sound so
critical of the Amibroker manual. It describes the very rich
capability of the AFL language and the program. I guess that I was feeling a
bit frustrated and nit picking.
Thanks to everyone for
their helpful suggestions, and my apologies to Tomasz
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