Arbortext Command Language > set Command Options > set wordscan
  
set wordscan
set wordscan= { on | off}
When this command is set to on, the find and substitute commands consider whole words only when matching text. For example, the search string the does not find then or there. The default is off .
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This option has no effect if regular expressions are used. The regular expression meta-character \b can be used to match a word boundary instead, for example, \bthe\b.