ACCESS / AQL
nselect command
.mdThe nselect command selects items that would fail the selection criteria of a select. When an output list displays in any of the various select sentences, the list is built from the contents of the specified attribute.
Syntax
nselect file.reference {item.list} {selection.criteria} {output.specification}
{modifiers}
Example(s)
nselect md = "m]"
is the same as:
select md # "m]"
The next example finds the FlashBASIC programs that did not compile in the bp file:
select bp [404] 78 items selected out of 78 items. nselect dict bp [404] 3 items selected out of 78 items.
Assume that there are two files with different number of items in each. Some item-IDs exist in both files, but not all of them.
First, select the first file, then select the items not in the second file:
select file1 [404] 767 items selected out of 767 items. nselect file2 [404] 323 items selected.
The list contains the items in file1 that
are not in file2.
See also
.readnext command (Runoff)→Active list→begin work statement→AQL command categories→compare-list command→copy command→copy-list command→delete-list command→edit-list command→end command (TCL commands)→fl command→get-list command→Item list→nselect command→qselect command→readnext statement→save-list command→Secondary list→nselect command→Selection criteria→Selection processor→sort-list command→sselect command→wselect command→