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EXPAND - Specialized Options

Options

These options may be used with the EXPAND command:

Option	Used to view terms alphabetically
BACK	Before your term in a search index
LEFT	After your term in a search index that allows left truncation
LEFT BACK	Before your term in a search index that allows left truncation

Command Line	To use one of the specialized options with the EXPAND command, follow this sample format:
	=>	EXPAND	option	term	/search field	number of terms
		1	2	3a	3b	4

Example: => EXPAND BACK WESSEL,P/AU 10

Command Guidelines

Use the guidelines below to enter command line information:

Field	Guidelines
1	Type: EXPAND or E
2	Type: BACK LEFT LEFT BACK
3a	Type: a word, number, or phrase
3b	Type: a forward slash (/) followed by up to 3 search field codes Default: The default search field of the current file
4	Type: a number in the range 5-25 Default: 12

Help with EXPAND LEFT

The EXPAND LEFT and EXPAND LEFT BACK options may be used to view terms in left indexes - indexes that allow left truncation. To determine whether or not an index of the current database allows left truncation, type HELP SFIELDS at an arrow prompt.

Example: EXPAND BACK

The following example shows an EXPAND BACK on 'volcano' in the Title Index of the CAplus file.

=> EXPAND BACK VOLCANO/TI 7 E1 5 VOLCANOCLASTICS/TI E2 29 VOLCANOCLASTIC/TI E3 1938 --> VOLCANO/TI E4 2 VOLCANIZED/TI E5 1 VOLCANIUM/TI E6 2 VOLCANITIC/TI E7 110 VOLCANITES/TI

Example: EXPAND LEFT

The following example shows an EXPAND LEFT on 'volcano' in the Basic Index of the CAplus file.

=> EXPAND LEFT VOLCANO/BI E1 3 VOLCANNI/BI E2 1 VOLCANNIC/BI E3 5414 --> VOLCANO/BI E4 1 ASAMAVOLCANO/BI E5 2 CRYPTOVOLCANO/BI E6 1 CYTPTOVOLCANO/BI E7 3 INTERVOLCANO/BI E8 3 INTRAVOLCANO/BI E9 10 METAVOLCANO/BI E10 1 MICROVOLCANO/BI E11 1 MUDVOLCANO/BI E12 1 PALAEOVOLCANO/BI

Example: EXPAND LEFT BACK

The following example shows an EXPAND LEFT BACK on 'metavolcano' in the Basic Index of the CAplus file.

=> EXPAND LEFT BACK METAVOLCANO/BI E1 4 METAVOLCANOGENIC/BI E2 2 METAVOLCANOCLASTIC/BI E3 10 --> METAVOLCANO/BI E4 32 METAVOLCANITES/BI E5 10 METAVOLCANITE/BI E6 1 METAVOLCANISM/BI E7 350 METAVOLCANICS/BI E8 1 METAVOLCANICLASTITE/BI E9 1 METAVOLCANICLASTICS/BI E10 10 METAVOLCANICLASTIC/BI E11 1654 METAVOLCANIC/BI E12 1 METAVOLCANI/BI