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be included in a search. Question marks ? and asterisks * can be used as wildcard
characters.
Note:
Wildcard characters must never be used at the beginning of a search term.
Wildcard
characters cannot be used in Phrases.
Question
Mark: A
single question mark replaces one
character; two question marks replace two characters etc. Question marks can be
used in the middle of words and at the end of words.
Examples:
Contribution
Title:
Vamp?r
Results:
Contributions with titles containing the words Vampir or Vampyr
are found.
Fulltext:
Fre?maurer
Results:
Contributions containing the words Freimaurer or Freymaurer
in the fulltext are found.
Asterisk:
An
asterisk replaces any number of characters, including zero characters. It can be
used in the middle of a word or at the end of a word.
Examples:
Contribution
Title:
Revolution*
Results:
Contributions with titles containing the words revolution, revolutionär,
revolutionäre, revolutionierung, revolutions are found.
Fulltext:
Seelen*kunde
Results:
Contributions
containing words like Seelenheilkunde,
Seelenkrankheitskunde, Seelennaturkunde, Seelenzeichenkunde
in the fulltext are found.
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