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From: gdavis@primate.wisc.edu (Gary Davis)
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Subject: Re: How to find fields that DO NOT contain a string?
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Date: 12 Jun 91 05:26:13 GMT
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From article <mike.676657839@ushi>, by mike@ymt.com (Michael Czeiszperger):
> The find command in hypercard 2.x seems to be fairly lacking.  Does
> anyone know a way to find fields that don't contain a certain
> string without going to each card and checking?  Is there a commercial
> or PD find replacement that will do this?

I haven't tried it, but I think the following should work:

     mark all cards
     unmark cards by finding "your string"

You can then peruse the remaining marked cards with

     go to first marked card
     go to next marked card
     etc

Gary Davis