Masking
Not available in Accountants Office
A mask is a sorting device, defined by the user, for the purpose of sorting a group of letters or items with common features from your ledger.
Example:
If you enter the characters [A*], all those items with codes beginning with A will be included. An * and ? can be used when extracting information. The ? substitutes a character where as the * substitutes all characters after the selection. For example, if you enter the characters [??A*], all those items with an A in the third position of the code will print.
The characters that may be used when entering a mask are:
Character | Description |
|---|---|
* | an asterisk signifies 0 or more characters in that position |
? | a question mark signifies one character must be in that position |
- | the minus sign provides a reverse mask, that is, everything in the range except those with the mask will be included |
| | the pipe symbol means "or" which may be used when sorting with more than one sort key |
~ | the tilde symbol means "and" which may be used when sorting with more than one sort key |