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| Search Examples |
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| green | This is a single keyword search. This example will return all documents that contain the word "green". |
| green eggs | This is a multiple keyword search. This example will return all documents containing the word "green" and the word "eggs". The words do not have to appear in the document in that order or next to each other for a successful match. It is equivalent to: green and eggs |
| green or eggs | This is a more general multiple keyword search. In this example all documents containing the word "green" or the word "eggs" will be returned. The words do not have to appear in the document in that order or next to each other for a successful match. This search will typically return more results than the previous example. |
| 'green eggs' | This is an explicit search. This example will return all documents containing the occurrence of "green eggs". The words must be next to each other and in that order with a single space separating them. |
| green not eggs | This is search with an exclusion. In this example all documents containing the word "green" and not containing the word "eggs" will be returned. |
| green eggs 'and' ham | The words "and", "or" and "not" are special words that affect the search. If you want to search for one of these special words you must surround it with single quotes. In this example all the documents containing the words "green", "eggs", "and", and "ham" will be returned. |
| not ( green eggs ham ) | Parentheses can be used to group terms together. In this example all the documents that do not contain any of the words "green", "eggs", and "ham" will be returned. It is equivalent to the following: not green not eggs not ham |
| eggs* | The asterisk can be used to search based on the root of a word. This example will return all the documents that include the words "egg" or "eggs". |