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A wildcard is a symbol that stands for one or more unspecified characters and is most often used when searching text. This feature is useful when you do not know the exact details you are looking for.
The following wildcards are available:
Wildcards |
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* |
(Asterisk) |
The asterisk symbol replaces any number of missing characters. For example: •smith* - will return smith-jones, smithy etc. •*smith – will return blacksmith, goldsmith etc. •*smith* - will combine both of the previous wild card searches. |
? |
(Question Mark) |
The question mark replaces a single character. For example: •sm?th – will return Smith, Smyth, Smoth, etc. |
# |
(Hash) |
The hash symbol replaces numbers (just as the question mark replaces letters). For example: •001# - will return all the numbers with 4 digits that start with 001. |
Wildcards can be used in all the searches: Quick Search, Standard Search and Table View Search.
