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General rules:
Advanced Search:
The simplest kind of query is a single word. However, to get better search results, follow the appropriate instructions below:
| To search for |
Example |
Result | |
| 1 | Documents that match a phrase | "big red truck" | Documents that contain the phrase "big red truck" |
| 2 | Documents that match terms | Why is the sky blue | Documents about the blue sky, ranked by estimated relevance |
| 3 | Both terms in the same document | red and dog | Documents with both the words "red" and "dog" |
| 4 | Either term in a document | red or dog | Documents with the words "red" or "dog" |
| 5 | One term without a second term | red and not dog | Documents with the word "red" but not "dog" |
| 6 | Two terms that are close together in the same document | red near dog | Documents with the word "red" near the word "dog" |
| 7 | All terms beginning with particular combination of letters (great to find words with the same prefix) | esc* | Documents with such terms as "escarpment", "escape", and so on |
| 8 | Inflected forms of a word | swim** | Documents with alternate forms swim, swam, swum, and swimming |
| 9 | Documents with the same file extension | @filename=*.pdf | All files with the .pdf extension |
| 10 | Documents with a specific name but with any extension | #filename = readme.* | Documents with the name readme and any extension. |
| 11 | All terms with some character difference | r?n
r??n |
matches "run"
and "ran", but not "ruin"
matches "ruin" and "rain", but not "run" |
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