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A mask is a sorting device, defined by the user, for the purpose of sorting a group of letters or items with common features from your ledger.

Example:

If you enter the characters [A*], all those items with codes beginning with A will be included. An * and ? can be used when extracting information. The ? substitutes a character where as the * substitutes all characters after the selection. For example, if you enter the characters [??A*], all those items with an A in the third position of the code will print.

The characters that may be used when entering a mask are:

Character	Description
*	an asterisk signifies 0 or more characters in that position
?	a question mark signifies one character must be in that position
-	the minus sign provides a reverse mask, that is, everything in the range except those with the mask will be included
\|	the pipe symbol means "or" which may be used when sorting with more than one sort key
~	the tilde symbol means "and" which may be used when sorting with more than one sort key

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