Example: apple w/5 “fruit salad” Wildcards (* and ? and =)Ī search word can contain the wildcard characters * ? = . You can use a phrase anywhere in a search query. Use quotation marks to indicate a phrase e.g. Example: ba%nana matches banana, bananna. Example: apply~ matches apply, applies, applied.
? Matches any single character. Example: appl? matches apply or apple. For example, apple and pear or orange juice could mean (apple and pear) or orange, or it could mean apple and (pear or orange).
If you use more than one connector, you should use parentheses (brackets) to indicate precisely what you want to search for. Title contains smith The field title must contain smith Examples:Īpple and pear Both words must be presentĪpple w/5 pear Apple must occur within 5 words of pearĪpple pre/5 pear Apple must occur within 5 words before pearĪpple not w/5 pear Apple must not occur within 5 words of pearĪpple and not pear Only apple must be present Add more words to narrow the search, remove words if you get ‘no results’.Ī Boolean search query consists of a group of words or phrases linked by connectors such as and and or that indicate the relationship between them.
It is a very broad search, the words can be anywhere in a post or page, an all words search is better at narrowing down a search a Boolean search with proximity (w/n) or directed proximity (pre/n) is the most precise way of narrowing down a search to a particular part of a post or page.Īn all words search is like an any words search, except that all of the terms have to be found in a document. Search full-text for words or phrases, with title or date range filters.Īn any word search is any sequence of text, use quotation marks around phrases, put + in front of any word or phrase that is required, and – in front of a word or phrase to exclude it.
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