| Operator |
Effect |
Example |
| AND |
Searches
for species profiles that have both words in them. |
tree AND
maple |
| OR |
Searches
for species profiles that have either word in them. |
tree OR
maple |
| NOT |
Eliminates
species profiles where the word is found. |
tree NOT
maple |
| Comma , |
Same as
OR operator. |
tree, maple |
| (Parentheses) |
Determines
how ANDs and ORs are treated. Words within parentheses are considered as
a unit, and are considered first. |
red OR (tree
AND maple)
maple AND (tree NOT red) |
| "Quotation
Marks" |
Quoted words
or phrases are searched for literally. Useful when you want to search for
the actual words "and" or "or". |
"green and
leafy"
green AND "not leafy" |
| * |
The wildcard
* stands in for any number of characters (including zero). |
| Search:
|
Result: |
| ma* |
maple,
magnolia |
*ple |
maple,
purple |
m*e |
maple,
myrtle |
|
| ? |
The wildcard
? stands in for a single character. |
A search
for ?ar?et would find both carpet and target, but not Learjet. |
| Note: |
If the search
criteria are all lowercase or all UPPERCASE, the search will be case-insensitive;
but, if the search criteria are Mixed Case, the search will be case sensitive. |
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