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Originally Posted by methosivanhoe
the Vbulletin search engine, like most large search engines (Google, Yahoo and others) actually allows you to use boolean operators to search more effectively...
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For example, using the term red#head will return matches for both 'red head' and 'redhead'
The asterisk wildcard also works, for example com*uter will return matches to both 'computer' and 'commuter'
It can also be combined with the boolean operators: com*uter and not computer will have the same effect as just searching for commuter
A useful trick for searches shorter than the 4-letter limit: append an asterisk
eg. Tho* (but beware this will also return any words beginning with Tho)
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A very useful/instructive post. Sorry, I don't wish to sound picky, just clarifying: the characters you show are not boolean operators but wildcards. Boolean operators are things like & or && or ! or AND or NOT or OR, etc. Wildcards act as substitutes or patterns for characters or strings, etc., as you show above.
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Originally Posted by methosivanhoe
It can also be combined with the boolean operators: com*uter and not computer will have the same effect as just searching for commuter
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Sorry, I missed it earlier, but there you *are* using boolean operators.