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RANK Options

For quick ranking of your search terms, you can enter the options you want included in your command all in one command line. The abbreviations for the RANK options are:

ALPHA lists results in alphabetical rather than ranked order

CONT provides continuous output of ranked terms

DETAIL includes additional information for a more detailed display

DESC displays results in descending numeric value rather than in ranked order; use with numeric data

PERCENT includes a percentage column with basic results

When you include CONT, DESC, and/or ALPHA in a RANK command, you will be prompted to choose how many terms (e.g., only the top 50) you want displayed.

The following example from a new search in European Patents Fulltext (File 348), shows the use of the RANK command with two options.

• To use RANK in a single command line:

?ds
Set     Items   Description
S1       1878   COFFEE AND SUBSTITUTE?
S2        258   S1/2007:2008
S3        371   SUGAR(W)(SUBSTITUTE? OR REPLACE?)

?rank pa s2 detail cont
Started processing RANK
Processing    100 of    258 records
Processing    200 of    258 records
Completed Ranking 258 records
Press ENTER to view the TOP 50 terms
   or enter a number N to view the top N terms
   or >N to view terms with more than N items
   or enter ALL to view all terms

?15
Enter title for continuous output or press ENTER for 
current title option

DIALOG RANK Results  (Detailed Display)
---------------------------------------
RANK: S2/1-258   Field: PA=  File(s): 348
(Rank fields found in 258 records -- 160 unique terms)
         Items in  Items    %Items  
RANK No. File      Ranked   Ranked  Term
-------- --------  -------- ------  ----
    1        9221        19  07.4%  THE PROCTER & GAMBLE-
    2         710        11  04.3%  SYNGENTA PARTICIPATI-
    3         177        10  03.9%  BASF PLANT SCIENCE G-
                                     MBH
    4        1173         9  03.5%  THE PROCTER AND GAMB-
    5           -         8  03.1%  NESTEC SA
    6         311         7  02.7%  SYNGENTA LIMITED
    7           -         5  01.9%  ILLYCAFFE' SPA
    8         158         5  01.9%  NIHON NOHYAKU CO LTD
    9         249         5  01.9%  WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY
   10           -         4  01.6%  DANISCO A/S
   11       15301         3  01.2%  BASF AKTIENGESELLSCH-AFT
   12         9655        3  01.2%  EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
   13          384        3  01.2%  GENZYME CORPORATION
   14           65        3  01.2%  JANSSEN PHARMACEUTIC-
   15          557        3  01.2%  MARS INCORPORATED
           ---end of results---
P =  next page      Pn = Jump to page n
P- = previous page  M =  More Options   Exit = Leave RANK
To view records from RANK, enter VIEW followed by RANK
number, format, and item(s) to display, e.g., VIEW
2/9/ALL. Enter desired option(s) or enter RANK number(s)
to save terms.

(View Records in RANK) 

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