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You must use the English operators (AND, OR, NOT) when narrowing your search. Non-English operators do not work.
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String Type
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Example
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A sequence of digits and letters
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part-12
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Internal apostrophes
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company’s
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Abbreviations and acronyms
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U.S.A., USA
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Company names
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Smith&Waite
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E-mail addresses
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jsmith@company.com
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Host names
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mycompany.com
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Strings with decimal points, such as floating point numbers, serial numbers, model numbers, or IP addresses, in which every segment must have at least one digit
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PN244.555.555
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Types of Searches
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Example
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Results
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AND
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car AND engine
car engine
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Returns files that include both car and engine, although not necessarily together.
You do not have to type the word AND between words, because the search uses AND between words by default.
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OR
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car OR engine
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Returns files that include either car or engine. The files do not need to include both words to match the search query.
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NOT
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car NOT engine
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Returns files that include car, but do not include engine.
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Nested searches
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((car OR engine) NOT train)
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Returns files that include car or engine, but do not include train.
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Phrases
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“car engine”
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Returns files that include only an exact match for the phrase "car engine." You must enclose phrase searches within quotation marks.
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* (a wildcard character that represents zero or more characters)
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part number 12-*
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Returns files that include part numbers that begin with 12-, such as part number 12-344, part number 12–78884, or part number 12-1.
The * wildcard cannot be used in the following circumstances:
• As the first character in a search string
• In phrase searches
• In the same search as the ? wildcard
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? (a wildcard character that represents one character)
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part number 1?3
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Returns files with part numbers that begin with 1 and end with 3, such as part number 123, part number 113, or part number 103.
The ? wildcard cannot be used in the following circumstances:
• As the first or last character in a search string
• In phrase searches
• In the same search as the * wildcard
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