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In addition to the basic Boolean logical operators AND, OR, and NOT, the following wildcard operators may be added to queries. For instance,
Pattern |
Match |
sea? |
Matches seas and seat but not sea |
sea* |
Matches seas and seat but also sea, search, seam, and any other combination starting with sea |
sea[st] |
Matches seas and seat but not seam, sea, or search |
sea {m, rch} |
Matches seam and search but not seat, seas or sea |
sea[^st] |
Matches seam and seal but not seas or seat |
sea[a-z] |
Matches every possible combination of sea followed by a single letter including seas, seat, seam, and seal |
Information about advanced search techniques.
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