Electronic cash register having auxiliary file containing information which is transferrable to an article file to reduce operator entries

An electronic cash register comprising:

• file memory means for storing an article file in which article data items of first articles are filed, each of the code and an article name, and for storing an auxiliary file in which article data including data items of second articles are filed, each of the article data of said second articles including an article code and an article name;
• input means for inputting article data including at least an article code and information related to an article;
• and
• processing means for reading out article data of an article corresponding to the article code input via said input means from the article file, and for processing the readout data;
• wherein said processing means further includes setting means for reading out article data of a second article filed in the auxiliary file when said article data of the second article is not stored in the article file, and for setting the readout article data in the article file along with data input via said input means;
• and
• said setting means including deleting means for deleting article data from said auxiliary file which was used for setting-up the article file and which was left in the auxiliary file.

An electronic cash register comprising:

• file memory means for storing an article file in which article data items of first articles are filed, each of the article data items of said first articles including an article code and an article name, and for storing an auxiliary file in which article data including data items of second articles are filed, each of the article data of said second articles including an article code and an article name;
• input means for inputting article data including at least an article code and information related to an article;
• and
• processing means for reading out article data of an article corresponding to the article code input via said input means from the article file, and for processing the readout data;
• wherein said processing means further includes setting means for reading out article data of a second article filed in the auxiliary file when said article data of the second article is not stored in the article file, and for setting the readout article data in the article file along with data input via said input means;
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• said setting means including modifying means for modifying part of the article data of a second article read out from the auxiliary file on the basis of data input via said input means, before setting the read out article data in article file.

An electronic cash register comprising:

• file memory means for storing an article file in which article data items of first articles are filed, each of the article data items of said first articles including an article code and an article name, and for storing an auxiliary file in which article data including data items of second articles are filed, each of the article data of said second articles including an article code and an article name;
• input means for inputting article data including at least an article code and information related to an article;
• and
• processing means for reading out article data of an article corresponding to the article code input via said input means from the article file, and for processing the readout data;
• wherein said processing means further includes setting means for reading out article data of a second article filed in the auxiliary file when said article data of the second article is not stored in the article file, and for setting the readout article data in the article file along with data input via said input means;
• said processing means further including switching means for selectively setting at least a registration mode and a setting mode;
• said setting means including detecting means for detecting in at least said setting mode that article data of an article corresponding to the input article code input via said input means is not present in the article file and is present in the auxiliary file, and transfer means for reading out the article data detected by the detecting means from the auxiliary file and setting the readout article data in the article file with data input via said input means;
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• said processing means further includes settling means for registering the article code input by said input means as a sold article in the registration mode and settling the sold article based on the article data set in the article file by said transfer means.