Search by words or sequences of words with help of so-called jokers

A search by words or sequence of words is possible with the help of wildcards, so-called Joker. The search is done by one or more characters after entry of a "?" or "*" in place of a character.

Further information on the use of wildcards can be found in the table below.

Search by

Example

Result

A single word

Branch

Contexts which contain the word “Branch“. (Grammatical versions such as "Branch level" or "Branch item" will also be found).

A sequence of words

"Department Branch"
or
Department Branch

Contexts which show the exact word combination. (Grammatical variations are also found, e.g. "Deparment branch" or Department Branch no.).

Without apostrophes the search result represents the logical link with "AND". In this case, not the term "Department Branch" is found, but all contexts containing the word Department and Branch are shown.

Joker (wildcard)

Operation*
or
80?86

Contexts which contain the words "Operation", " Operating position", Operation no., etc.

Contexts which include the term "80186," "80286," "80386," etc..


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