access.nselect
Performs 'not' select - only items not there.
Syntax
nselect file.reference {itemlist} {sellist} {outlist} {modlist}
Description
selects items which would fail the selection criteria of a 'select'.
When an 'output' list appears in a select-class statement, the list is built from the contents of the specified attribute(s).
Example
nselect md = 'm]'
which is the same as:
select md # 'm]'
The following example finds the Pick/BASIC programs which 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, we select the first file, then we 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
Command Name
Type
Description
active.list
Definition
A list of strings delimited by attribute marks created by one of the list-generating processes.
secondary.list
Definition
A list of item-id's generated by one of the list-generating processes while an active list is present.
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