Find in Files (Edit menu)

Find in Files (Edit Menu)

The Find in Files selection of the Edit menu searches for specified text in matching source files in the program, project, or directory specified. The results of the search are displayed in the selected output Find Window.

To quickly locate text in the source files, click the Find in Files button on the toolbar or use the Ctrl+F3 key sequence.

Find in Files Button

Find in Files Dialog Items

Find

Type or insert the information you want to find.

Like

The search string is a Like expression.

In File Types

Specifies the names and extensions of source files to search. Multiple specifications are delimited with a semi-colon or a comma (i.e., *.jpg;*.gif,*.bmp). When searching the current program or project, this field is disabled.

Starting Folder

Identifies the directory containing the files to be searched. This field is only active if the search type is "Directory".

Search: Identifies where the IDE should look for matching files.
Include Folders

Instructs the IDE to also search files in any defined project folders. This option is only enabled when doing a "Project" search.

Include Subdirectories: Instructs the IDE to also search any subordinate directories found. The option is only available when doing a "Directory" search.
Used Saved File Versions: When files are open for editing, the IDE will seach that version of the file rather than the version on disk. This option disables this feature and causes the IDE to only search disk files.
Exclude Comment Lines: Instructs the IDE to ignore comment lines while searching.
Match Case

Finds only those occurrences with the exact combination of uppercase and lowercase letters specified in the What box.

Whole Word Only

Finds occurrences of strings that are white space (line feed, tab or space) delimited.

Labels Only

Finds only those occurrences that begin in column one of the editor.

Include System Defines

Instructs the IDE to also search the system inclusion files plbequ.inc, plbmeth.inc, admequ.inc, plbapi.inc, plbreflect.inc, and plbstdlib.inc.

Remember Options

Instructs the IDE to store the search parameters before closing the window.

Leave Open

Instructs the IDE to not close the Find In Files window after searching for files.

Like Expressions

Like expressions allow matching records . Operators allowed within expressions are:

Operator	Meaning
_	Underscore character matches any one character.
%	Percent character matches zero or more characters.
\	Backslash character is the forcing character that forces the comparison of the next character regardless of the character value.
NOCASE	The NOCASE is a unary operator that eliminates the case sensitivity when comparing each character of the left operand to the characters in the right operand in a string expression. The NOCASE operator is ignored for any numeric expression operations.

Note in the examples below spaces are not necessary for evaluation of the expressions. However, it does aid in reading the program and understanding the logic. See the examples below for further information.

Expression examples:

A	INIT	"SunBelt"
.
	IF	(A LIKE "SunBelt") // True
.
	IF	(A LIKE "SUNBELT") // False
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	IF	(A LIKE "%BEL%") // False
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	IF	(NOCASE A LIKE "%BEL%") //True

The above examples show the use of the LIKE and NOCASE operators in expressions.

See also: Replace, Using the Editor