<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta content="en-us" http-equiv="Content-Language"> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title>C/C++ search</title> <link href="../help.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"> </head> <body> <h1>C/C++ search</h1> <p><img alt="Search Dialog Box" src="../images/search.png"></p> <p> </p> <dl> <dt>Search string</dt> <dd>Specifies a search string.</dd> <dd>The search functions support the following wildcards:</dd> <ul> <dd><li>Use * to represent any series of characters</li> </dd> <dd><li>Use ? to represent any single character</li> </dd> <dd><li>Use \* to find an asterisk character (*)</li> </dd> </ul> <dt>Case sensitive</dt> <dd>Searches will return results which match capitalization specified in the search string precisely.<br> </dd> <br> <dt>Search for</dt> <dd>Specify the types of elements to include in the search:</dd> <dd><br> </dd> <dd> <table cellspacing="0" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Search for</th> <th>Description</th> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Class/Struct</strong></td> <td>Includes classes and structs in your search.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Function</strong></td> <td>Searches for global functions or functions in a namespace (functions that are not members of a class, struct, or union).</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Variable</strong></td> <td>Searches for variables that are not members of a class, struct, or union.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Union</strong></td> <td>Searches for unions.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Method</strong></td> <td>Searches for methods that are members of a class, struct, or union.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Field</strong></td> <td>Searches for fields that are members of a class, struct, or union.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Enumeration</strong></td> <td>Searches for enumerations.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Enumerator</strong></td> <td>Searches for enumerators.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Namespace</strong></td> <td>Searches for namespaces.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Typedef</span><br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Searches for typedef.<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Macro</span><br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Searches for macro.<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Any Element</strong></td> <td>Includes all elements in the search.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </dd> <br> <dt>Limit to</dt> <dd>Specify the types of context to search:</dd> <dd><br> </dd> <dd> <table cellspacing="0" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Limit to</th> <th>Description</th> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Declarations</strong></td> <td>Limits the search to declarations.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Definitions</strong></td> <td>Limits the search to definitions (for functions, methods, variables, and fields).</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>References</strong></td> <td>Limits the search to references.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>All Occurrences</strong></td> <td>Includes declarations, definitions, and references in the search.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </dd> <br> <dt>Scope</dt> <dd>Choose the scope of the search:</dd> <dd><br> </dd> <dd> <table cellspacing="0" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Scope</th> <th>Availability</th> <th>Description</th> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Workspace</strong></td> <td>all elements</td> <td>Searches in the full workspace</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Selected Resources</strong></td> <td>all elements</td> <td>Searches the resources selected in the <strong>Projects</strong> view</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Enclosing Projects</span><br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">all elements<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Searches in the enclosing projects (plus the include paths) of the selected resource <br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Workings Set</strong></td> <td>all elements</td> <td>Searches in a working 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