Searching for Strings

Use the string searcher to search for strings of text in specified files.

To search for a string of text:

  1. Open the String Search dialog box in one of the following ways:
  2. Type the text that you wish to search for in the String box. Use the Ignore Case check box to turn case sensitivity on or off.


    This version of JDE does not support regular expressions; only the characters that you specify are used.

  3. Set whether to search the current project or a specified directory:
  4. Set the scope of your search:
  5. You can start the search in two ways:
  6. The results of the search are displayed in the String Search tab at the bottom of the main window. Each line consists of:
  7. Click on the file name link to display the file in the JDE source editor. Choose Browse -> Next and Browse -> Previous to move from match to match.

To stop a search, choose Browse -> Stop Search.

See also:

Browsing Class Files
What Is a Project?