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access.before

Modifier/Access: Verbs, Releases: AP and R83

'less than' operator.

Syntax

with {not} attr.name before 'valuestring'

Description

is a relational operator which represents a 'less than' condition used in constructing selection clauses.

The '<' and 'lt' operators perform the same function as 'before'.

Example

list employees with birthday before '1/1/62'
list journal with amount.owed and with last.payment < '1/1/93'
list journal with not amount.owed lt '900'

See Also

Command Name Type Description
access.each Modifier Forces comparison on every value.
access.connectives Definition words in a master dictionary which are used to form the elements of Access statements.
access.relational.operators Relational Operator Relational operators used in selection clauses.
access.logical.operators Definition Relational operators used in selection clauses.
access.attr.name Attribute Defining Item Specifies item(s) from the dictionary of the file.
access.lt Modifier 'less than' operator.

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