Searcher Syntax
Synopsis
This search engine takes words entered and strings them together with
and statements, unless an and, or, or not is
specified. The search is case-insensitive. To match two words right next
to one another, join them with a -. Nested parantheses are also
supported.
Examples of Use
- computer IBM
- Matches all computers that are also IBMs.
- computers not IBM
- Matches all computers that are not IBMs.
- computer not (IBM or (Apple not Mac))
- Matches all computers that are not IBMs or Apples, with the exception
of Macs.
- Fred-Jones
- Matches Fred Jones if the two words follow one another. For instance,
it would not match in the text: Fred went to the store with
Jones.
- (World-wide-web or WWW) and (httpd not (Apache or CERN) not 1.4)
- All together. You'll probably notice that the parans after the
first and really aren't needed. These are just for ease of
reading and don't change the meaning of the search.
- WWW and shell or perl
- Common error. Because there are no parans, this will be interpreted
as (WWW and shell) or perl. It groups left-to-right unless told
otherwise with parans.