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PAGE SEVEN 17JUN80 DESCRIPTION SEARCH (CONT) THE DESCRIPTION SEARCH HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO ENABLE THE USER TO QUICKLY EXAMINE ANY ITEMS THAT SHARE ANY COMMON INTEREST. EG TYPE OF PRODUCT / COST CENTRE EACH DESCRIPTION MAY HAVE A PREFIX SUPPLIED BY THE USER, THAT PREFIX SHOULD BE A NUMBER BETWEEN 0-9 EG DESCRIPTION 5-GLASS CHAMPAGNE 8OZ DESCRIPTION 8-OIL GTX 5LTR DESCRIPTION 3-PLUG MAINS SIDE-ENTRY DESCRIPTION 5-TRAY DRAINING LARGE DESCRIPTION 5-GLASS LIQUEUR 2OZ WHERE THESE MAY MEAN: 5- IS HOUSEHOLD GOODS 3- IS HARDWARE GOODS 8- IS AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS TO SEARCH FOR ANY PRODUCTS, WE MAY USE SEVERAL METHODS EG. TO FIND ANY AUTOMOTIVE GOODS, WE CAN USE: 'WHAT DESCRIPTION ' 8- THIS WILL DISPLAY ANY GOODS THAT HAVE A PREFIX OF 8- OR, IF WE WANTED TO DISPLAY ONLY HOUSEHOLD ITEMS: 'WHAT DESCRIPTION ' 5- WOULD RETURN ONLY THOSE ITEMS UNDER PREFIX 5- IF THE OPERATOR WASN'T TOO SURE OF WHICH CATEGORY A PARTICULAR ITEM WAS UNDER, HE COULD USE JUST THE ITEM DESCRIPTION PRECEDED BY ' *- ' 'WHAT DESCRIPTION ' *-GLAS THIS WOULD RETURN ONLY WITH THOSE RECORDS THAT HAVE THE LETTERS 'GLAS' AS THE 3RD THROUGH 6TH CHARACTERS IN THE DESCRIPTION AS A MATCH, IN THIS CASE THOSE ITEMS SHOWN AS GLASS. ^^^^ TO EXAMINE EVERY RECORD ALONE, A SEARCH DESCRIPTION OF WHAT DESCRIPTION *- ^^ WILL DISPLAY EVERY RECORD IN THE FILE ONE AT A TIME THE PREFIX NUMBERS ARE ALSO USED DURING OUTPUT TO THE PRINTER WHEN A 'HARD' LISTING IS DONE, ALL ITEMS UNDER THE SAME PREFIX NUMBER ARE SUBTOTALLED TOGETHER THIS ALLOWING INSTANT EVALUATION OF STOCK VALUE IN A PARTICULAR AREA EG HOUSEHOLD ITEMS ETC.