Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

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RAD functions: parse() and evaluate()

Returns the value of a given expression.

Syntax

evaluate(parse(exp, 10 )

Note The data is the character string to parse and the parse type is the numeric value normally passed into the parse function.

Example

If there is an expression $lo.username="Sys.Admin" in the useroptions table, this example returns the value of that expression.

    if (evaluate(parse(expression in $l.file, 10)))
       $userIs.Sys.Admin = true

Note The expression works when the statement being evaluated and parsed contains thread or global variables. It does not work for local variables. However, you can transfer local variables to thread variables before calling the parse and evaluate expressions.

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