Note: Search stemming is disabled for a query term when you use a wildcard at the beginning or in the middle of the term.
Syntax:
string? str??ing ???stringExamples:
medic??? 1?4 R??2The first query will search for terms like medicine, medicate, etc.
The second query will search for terms like 114, 144, etc.
The third query will search for terms like R2D2, etc.
Syntax:
string$ str$$ing $$$stringExamples:
colo$r V$TOL electron$$$The first query will search for terms like color, colour, etc.
The second query will search for terms like VTOL, VSTOL, etc.
The third query will search for terms like electron, electrons, electronic, electronics, etc.
Syntax:
string* string1*string2 *stringExamples:
medic* m*n *ane 1*5The first query will search for terms like medic, medics, medical, medicine, medicate, medically, medication, etc.
The second query will search for terms like man, men, mean, moon, melon, moron, maroon, Manhattan, manifestation, etc.
The third query will search for terms like bane, lane, crane, plane, profane, insane, membrane, etc.
The fourth query will search for terms like 15, 175, 1995, etc.
Note: A query consisting of only the string wildcard operator will return a Hitlist comprising all records in a database; the records will have identical relevance ranking scores.[Previous Topic] [Contents] [Next Topic]