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WILDCARD CHARACTERS
With the help of truncation characters (wildcard characters) variations of a word can be included in the search. Question marks ? or asterisks * can be used as wildcard characters.
Question Mark: A single question mark replaces one character; two question marks replace two characters etc. Question marks can be used either in the middle of or at the end of a word.
Examples:
Organi?ation finds "Organisation" and "Organization"
Fabrik?? finds "Fabriken" and "Fabrikat"
Asterisk: An asterisk replaces any number of characters, including zero characters. It can be used in the middle of or at the end of a word.
Examples:
Ernährung* finds "Ernährung", "Ernährungsfrage", "Ernährungsministerium" etc.
Fabrik* finds "Fabrik", "Fabriken", "Fabrikat", "Fabrikation" etc.
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