A wildcard character can be used to match Keyword Values where one or more characters are unknown. Wildcards can only be used to match alphanumeric Keyword Values.
Depending on your system's configuration, some alphanumeric Keyword Types may not allow wildcard characters to be used, or searches that include wildcards may return unexpected results.
Type one of the following wildcard characters directly into the Keyword Type field to search for text strings containing one or more unspecified characters:
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Wildcard |
Description |
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* |
The * wildcard character can be used to replace one or several characters of a text string. For example, the text string Smit* will find all instances of both Smith and Smithsonian. |
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? |
The ? wildcard character can be used to replace a single character in the text string. For example, the text string SM?TH will find all instances of both Smith and Smyth. |