| 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 |
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| ? |
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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