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Search Word Syntax

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By default, Concord does a whole-word non-case-sensitive search.

 

Basic Examples

 

search word

finds

book

Book or book or BoOk

book*

book, books, booking, booked

*book

textbook (but not textbooks)

b*

banana, baby, brown etc.

*ed

walked, wanted, picked etc.

bo* in

book in, books in, booking in (but not book into)

book * hotel

book a hotel, book the hotel, book my hotel

bo* in*

book in, books in, booking in, book into

book?

book, books, book; book.

book^

book, books

b^^k

book, back, bank, etc.

==book==

book (but not BOOK or Book)

book/paperback

book or paperback

 

 

symbol

meaning

examples

*

disregard the end of the word,

disregard a whole word

tele*

*ness

*happi*

book * hotel

?

any single character (including punctuation) will match here

Engl???

?50.00

#

any sequence of numbers, 0 to 9

$#

£#.00

^

any single letter of the alphabet will match here

Fr^nc^

==

case sensitive

==French==

==Fr*==

/\

end of line

/\Sentence

line end./\

:\

means use a file for lots of search-words (see file-based search_words)

c:\text\frd.txt

/

separates alternative search-words. You can specify  alternatives within an 80-character overall limit

may/can/will

<>

beginning & end of tags

<w NN1>

 

tog_plus        Advanced Search-word Syntax

 

See also: Tag Concordancing, Context Word, Modify source texts, Ignore punctuation, Wildcards