[bksvol-discuss] Re: Wild cards in search field
- From: Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:07:31 -0700 (PDT)
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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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[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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