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Originally Posted by DaBoz
Is there a guide for the search engine syntax?
For instance:
1) Exact phrase matching? e.g. "chicago bears"
2) Required and excluded words? e.g. +chicago +bears -panda
3) Partial matching? e.g. star* (or does it always partial match, e.g. star would find star and stars and start etc?)
4) Is there minimum characters that can be searched?
5) Does it automatically discover plurals or similar words?
Cheers
Boz
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Not sure where the full guide is, but basically you use the thumbs buttons to exclude words, make them optional or mandatory. Put a space between for exact phrase matching. Add a * at the end for partial match. (You can put * in the middle, but it treats it as the end of a word. so "H*I" will find Have I Got News For You but not Hawaii Five-O)
There doesn't appear to be a minimum length, but "Find Upcoming Programmes" can take a couple of minutes if there are many matches. Not an issue in real life.
I think you have to use * to find plurals etc.