[bksvol-discuss] Re: Wild cards in search field

Yeah, I was trying to say the same thing you're saying in less words but yeah, 
thanks, Chela
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  From: Carrie Karnos 
  To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:07 PM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wild cards in search field


  Sorry, I was a software engineer for 25 years, so describing the range as 0-N 
is second nature to me. I forget that terminology like that is not second 
nature to lots of other people. It means that the asterisk will match anywhere 
from zero to an arbitrarily large number during its search for words in titles 
and authors.

  I just did a search for the word "load" and found 1 book that has "load" in 
the title (The Glycemic Load Counter).
  When I search for "*load", there are 5 books - the original one, 2 books with 
Payload, another with Overload, and the last with Reload in the title. (The 
asterisk matched 0 characters when it found load, 3 characters when it found 
payload, 4 characters when it found overload, and 2 characters when it found 
reload. This is what I meant by the asterisk will match 0-N characters. The 
number of matching characters will vary with each book it finds.)
  When I search for "load*", there are 3 books - the original book and two with 
loaded and loader in their titles.
  When I search for "*load*", there are 8 books - the 7 ones listed above plus 
a book with Reloaded in the title. 

  Is this clear now? I'm lousy at explaining such things. Can someone else add 
some words so that everyone understands?

  Thanks! Carrie





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  From: Larry Lumpkin <llumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:09:33 PM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wild cards in search field


  carrie.  Can you give samples of your wildcard search.  I didn't quite 
understand your explannation and I'm a programmer, smile.



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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carrie Karnos
  Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:11 PM
  To: Bookshare Vol Group
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Wild cards in search field


  Hi gang,

  Engineering has put in a wild card feature into the search function. If you 
put an asterisk in a search field, it will match 0-N characters. I put in 
"*guin" into the search field, and all the books by Ursula Le Guin were 
displayed as well as all books that had "penguin" in their titles. Very cool!

  This feature is not fully implemented yet, Engineering is still working on 
it, so the syntax may change in the future. They mentioned that they will need 
some beta testers of this feature in about 2 weeks time. If you're interested 
in helping out, please email me and I'll pass your name to the appropriate 
people.

  Thanks! Carrie




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