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# Mark by reference OCCURRENCE DESCRIPTION NOTES EXAMPLES WARNINGS BUGS ## OCCURRENCE
### ARB_NT/Species/Mark by reference
## DESCRIPTION
### Allows to mark all species referred to in the content of a field. ### Select whether to check all or marked species. ### Enter name of field containing references. A reference is a single species ID ('name') or a comma-, semicolon- or space-separated list of species IDs. ### Choose whether to abort if the field is missing or to continue w/o warning ### Enter an ACI expression (see ´ARB Command Interpreter (ACI)´) to postprocess the field content. The result must be a reference or reference-list (see above). ### The default ACI is '/[0-9.]+[%]*://'. This works with several common references (like 'used_rels' from fast-aligner or relatives written by 'Search next relatives') Below the ACI there are 3 lines showing the selected species the content of its field the result after processing it through the ACI ### Choose whether to abort if an unknown reference is found or to continue w/o warning ### Click 'Mark referenced' to mark all species which are referenced by the examined set of species.
## NOTES
### None
## EXAMPLES
### None
## WARNINGS
### Under development
## BUGS
### No bugs known