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Main topics:

- ARB: a Short Introduction
- Glossary
- What are Species ?
- What are Marked Species?

Related topics:

- MARK LISTED SPECIES/GENES
- UNMARK LISTED SPECIES/GENES
- DELETE LISTED SPECIES/GENES
- WRITE TO FIELDS OF LISTED SPECIES/GENES
- MODIFY FIELDS OF LISTED SPECIES/GENES
- Select species
- Searching
- Search for equal fields

# Search Database for Species

- OCCURRENCE
- DESCRIPTION
- NOTES
- EXAMPLES
- WARNINGS
- BUGS

## OCCURRENCE

### ARB_NT/Species/search

### ARB_NT/<species button: 4th broad rectangular button in

### top area>

## DESCRIPTION

### Searches for a (set of) species (not SAIs) that match (don't match) a query or are marked.

### The database is scanned for 'species' (see 'HELP') which contain (or do not contain) the search string within the specified 'field' (see ´Glossary´). The corresponding species and the respective 'field' entries are listed in the 'HIT LIST' subwindow. The number of hits is displayed after the 'Hits:' prompt.

### Define whether matching or non-matching species should be listed by pressing the appropriate combination of left and right buttons in the top area. When performing multiple searches, define whether the list of 'species' should be replaced by the new results, and whether newly found 'species' should be removed from or appended to the existing list.

### Select a 'field' from the 'Search Field' subwindow.

### Type the search string in the 'Search string' subwindow.

### Press the <SEARCH> button.

## NOTES

### see ´Searching´ for details about searching.

### see ´Search for equal fields´

## EXAMPLES

1. Search for a species called 'Pseudomonas tolaasii'

       Select:                    Search all species that match the query
       Select search field:       'full_name'
       Type search expression:    'pseu*tol*'
       Press:                     'SEARCH'

2. Search for all species that are marked:

       Select:                    Search all species that are marked
       Press:                     'SEARCH'

3. Search for all species that are marked and for which an entry is present in the field 'reference'

       Select:                    Search all species that are marked
       Press:                     'SEARCH'
       Select:                    Keep species that match the query
       Select search field:       'reference'
       Type search string:        '*' (=search existing entry)
       Press:                     'SEARCH' again

## WARNINGS

### If the hitlist becomes too long, it will be truncated. Nevertheless all operations work on non-truncated hitlist!

### Changing the sort order will most likely show different items, because the list gets truncated after it was sorted.

## BUGS

### No bugs known