About Advanced Search

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By default (when neither "+" nor "-" is specified) the word is optional, but the rows that contain it are rated higher.

+

A leading plus sign indicates that this word must be present in every row returned.

-

A leading minus sign indicates that this word must not be present in any row returned.

> <

These two operators are used to change a word's contribution to the relevance value that is assigned to a row. The ">" operator increases the contribution and the "<" operator decreases it. See the example below.

( )

Parentheses are used to group words into sub-expressions. Parenthesized groups can be nested.

~

A leading tilde acts as a negation operator, causing the word's contribution to the row relevance to be negative. It is useful for marking noise words. A row that contains such a word is rated lower than others, but is not excluded altogether, as it would be with the “-” operator.

"

A phrase that is enclosed within double quote (“ ”) characters matches only rows that contain the phrase literally, as it was typed.

apple banana

Find rows that contain at least one of the two words.

+apple +juice

Find rows that contain both words.

+apple macintosh

Find rows that contain the word “apple”, but rank rows higher if they also contain the word “macintosh”.

+apple -macintosh

Find rows that contain the word “apple” but not “macintosh”.

+apple +(>turnover

Find rows that contain the words “apple” and “turnover”, or “apple” and “strudel” (in any order), but rank “apple turnover” higher than “apple strudel”.

apple*

Find rows that contain words such as “apple”, “apples”, “applesauce”, or “applet”.

"some words"

Find rows that contain the exact phrase “some words” (for example, rows that contain “some words of wisdom” but not “some noise words”). Note that the “ ” characters that surround the phrase are operator characters that delimit the phrase. They are not the quotes that surround the search string itself.