[bksvol-discuss] Re: Wild cards in search field
- From: "Reggie & Brooks" <regandlon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:05:03 -0400
I think, stress on the think, I understand a little more! LOL. Think I will
leave others to beta test and then I can fiddle around with the quotes,
stars, and periods someday when I have 15 hours free to do so! Thanks though
for trying to get this old dog to do a new trick!
Reggie
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:50 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wild cards in search field
Not quite Reggie. You almost have it.
Let's say you have three books:
window shopping for teapots
windy teapot shop mystery
and teapots wind and you.
If you put "wind*teapot" you would only get window shopping for teapots.
If you put "wind*teapot*" you would get window shopping for teapots and
windy teapot shop mystery.
This is because the first search "wind*teapot" says search for any book that
starts with wind and ends with teashop.
The second search "wind*teashop*" says give me any book that starts with
wind and has teashop somewhere in it.
In order to get all three books you could search for "*wind*. Plus you'd get
any book that had wind in the title.
Confusing? I was afraid of that.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Reggie <mailto:regandlon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> & Brooks
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:18 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wild cards in search field
Bob, that is really great! So if I wanted to find a book with wind and
teapot say, I would put wind*teapot and then it would find any book that had
these 2 words or variations of these words in the title. If this is
correct, thank you and thanks Carrie. I just learned something new. Now if
it will not leave this sieve I have for a mind! (smiles)
Reggie
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:26 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wild cards in search field
Wow!
Let me give you an example.
In the search field I entered and*none with no spaces in the field.
I was thinking of the Agatha Christie classic "and then there were none".
Would the search find that book?
And, yes it did plus one other (whose name I forget) (damn I haate this
aging thing and memory)!
In other words, the search had to begin with and, then it could contain
anything else, but it also had to end with none.
Does that make sense?
Bob
"We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us
will live on in the future we make,"
Senator Edward M. Kennedy
----- Original Message -----
From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:42 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wild cards in search field
I think that 0 - n means a series of numbers from zero to an indefinite
termination point.
"Can a nation be
free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot." Vladimir Lenin
The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com
<http://www.themilitant.com> Pathfinder Press:
http://www.pathfinderpress.com
Granma International: http://granma.cu/ingles/index.html
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Re: Just a little encouragement
Date:
8/26/2009 10:05:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From:
gstweedy@xxxxxxx
To:
Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
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I don't mind you asking at all Roger.
I will be 57 in November
and thanks a million,
I will hang in,
and truly most have bent over backwards to help me,
and I appreciate it, and I will probably have loads of questions as I go
along,
I'm glad you hung in there as well,
it wouldn't be the same, without your encouragement.
Have a good evening,
and again thanks so much.
Gwen
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----- Original Message -----
From:
Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
To:
gstweedy@xxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:28 PM
Subject: Just a little encouragement
Hi Gwen, I notice that you and Amber are having a little difficulty with
Elizabeth. To be honest, I really don't think she means to offend. She is
just
a bit blunt and undiplomatic. It could also be a bit of the fact that tone
of voice does not translate well in email. Nevertheless, even as I read her
comments to you and Amber before I read your responses I did think myself
that she was being a little harsh. I will assure you, though, that she is
something
of a stickler for accuracy in topic line. Whenever a thread strays away from
its original topic she will admonish someone to change the subject line and
if someone brings up an off topic matter and forgets to put O T in the
subject line you will be sure she will remind them. Unfortunately, her
reminders
are always rather blunt. Whether she just accidentally offends or is just
cantankerous, though, I don't think any of the rest of us think you have
done
anything wrong and I, at least, quite enjoy having you on the list. Our job
on this list is to help each other and as a new volunteer who does not know
all the technical details of volunteering you give us a chance to do our
job. It will be especially gratifying when we have done our job so well that
we
will see you giving helpful advice to the newbies to come. I certainly hope
that you will not unsubscribe and I very much hope you will not give up. At
the same time I can know how you feel. About last January on the Bookshare
general discussion list I made a casual comment that a lot of people
apparently
did not like. Suddenly I was the recipient of a torrent of personal attacks.
My efforts to defend myself caused a list member to report me to Bookshare
for being "disruptive." I was even accused of being angry and bitter. I
don't think anyone who knows me personally would think I was angry and
bitter.
Well, it was only an email list, but I think I can say that my feelings were
a bit hurt, to say the least. I hung in here, though, and I hope you will
do the same. After all, in your case it is only one person.
Now, I have a question if you don't mind my asking. If you do, just don't
answer and it will be okay. In one of your responses you said something
about
what you would do if you were an older person. Somehow I had been thinking
of you as being in your early thirties and when you said that I realized
that
I had absolutely no reason to think that or to think you were any age. Now I
am a bit curious. I wonder how old you might be?
"Can a nation be
free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot." Vladimir Lenin
The Militant:
http://www.themilitant.com
Pathfinder Press:
http://www.pathfinderpress.com
Granma International:
http://granma.cu/ingles/index.html
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