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Specifying Search Criteria
Searches are case-insensitive, unless a case is specified: metaframe will return METAFRAME, MetaFrame, Metaframe.
MetaFrame will return only MetaFrame
| Wildcard |
Purpose |
| * |
stands for any number of characters (including 0)
Fu* finds Fusion, Fugazi, and Fuchsia |
| ? |
stands in for any single character
?ar?et finds carpet and target, but not Learjet |
| { } |
allows to specify a number of possible word fragments, separated by commas
{gr,frag,deodor}rant finds grant, fragrant, or deodorant |
| [ ] |
brackets stand in for only on character at a time
f[eao]ster finds fester, faster, or Foster |
| - |
allow to place a range of characters within square brackets
A[C-H]50993 is the same as A[CDEFGH}50993 |
| Operator | Purpose |
| AND, <AND> |
allows to search for multiple keywords
Sick AND Days will return Sick for 3 days, Sickdays |
| OR, <OR> |
search for any of the keywords
VM <OR> pc will return VM Operating system, PC workstatus |
| NOT, <NOT> |
seach for any instance that does not contain the keyword
not urgent will find any match, but urgent |
| <NEAR> |
find key words in close proximity
sick <near> days will find sick days, but not sick as a dog |
| <STEM> |
search includes grammatical variations of the seach words
<stem> permitting returns permit, permitted, permitting |
| <WORD> |
perform simple word search without any wildcard or stem
<word>Hello? returns Hello? without using the wildcard ? permitting returns permit, permitted, permitting |
| Note: Operators are not case sensitive |
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