Specifying ranges of fields

You specify a range of fields by nominating the first and last field reference of the range, separated by a hyphen, with or without intervening spaces. You can optionally enclose the range in parentheses.

These are valid ranges of fields:

#17-#19
#17 - #19
(#17-#19)
(#17 - #19)
To specify more than one range of fields:
  • Enclose each field range in parentheses (optionally separated by commas), or
  • Separate each field range with commas, but without any intervening spaces.

These are valid ranges of fields:

(#8-#11) (#17-#19) (#24-#25)
(#8-#11),(#17-#19),(#24-#25)
#8-#11,#17-#19,#24-#25

These are invalid ranges of fields:

#8-#11 #17-#19 #24-#25
#8-#11, #17-#19, #24-#25
Note:
  1. When using field ranges, the field reference number can not be subscripted. For example, #3(2) - #5(4) is not valid syntax.
  2. Field ranges can overlap. For example, #2-#7, #5-#9. In this case, the result is a consolidated single field range equivalent to #2-#9.