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Our site search supports several different syntax operations: boolean operators, wildcards, and phrase matching. These operations can be mixed and matched with each other, resulting in increased accuracy of your search results.
The boolean operators and, or, and not are supported in our site search. By default, words are searched for using the and operator if no operator is specified between words. Evaluation takes place from left to right, and parenthesis can be used to force the order of evaluation.
Some examples:
| Search phrase |
Result |
| software and design and java |
Pages that contain all three words |
| software or design and java |
Pages that contain java and either software or design |
| software and design not java |
Pages that contain both software and design, but not java |
| software not (design and java) |
Pages that contain software, but not design or java |
The wildcard character (*) is supported only at the end of a word, otherwise it is considered to be a normal character. If the wildcard character is at the end, it will match all words that start with your word.
Some examples:
| Search phrase |
Result |
| *soft |
Pages that contain the word *soft |
| soft* |
Pages that contain the word soft, software, softdrink, etc |
Phrase matching is supported when the phrase is surrounded by double quotes. Results will be returned only for pages that contain the exact phrase within the quotes.
Some examples:
| Search phrase |
Result |
| "software design" |
Pages that contain the exact phrase "software design" |
| java "software design" |
Pages that contain java and the exact phrase "software design" |
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