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Table 12-4 Query language operators (Continued)
Operator Description
• Finds documents in which two or
<NEAR/N>
• Finds documents that do not contain
NOT
Note:
or the AND operator.
• Adds optional criteria to the search.
OR
• Finds any document that contains at
• Finds documents that contain the
<PHRASE>
• Finds documents in which a
<STARTS>
• Does not rank documents for
Finds documents that contain the
<STEM>
specified word and its variants.
(English only)
more specified words are within N
number of words from each other. N
can be an integer up to 1000. Also
ranks the documents for relevance
based on the words' proximity to
each other.
a specific word or phrase.
You can use NOT to modify the OR
least one of the search values.
specified phrase.A phrase is a
grouping of two or more words that
occur in a specific order.
document field starts with a certain
string of characters.
relevance.
Examples
stock <NEAR/1> purchase
• Finds documents containing the
phrases stock purchase and purchase
stock.
• Ignores documents containing phrases
like purchase supplies and stock up
because stock and purchase do not
appear next to each other.
• When N is 2 or greater, finds
documents that contain the words
within the range and gives a higher
score for documents which have the
words closer together.
surf AND NOT beach
Finds documents containing the word surf
but not the word beach.
apples OR oranges
Finds documents containing either apples or
oranges.
<PHRASE> (rise "and" fall)
Finds documents that include the entire
phrase rise and fall. The and is in quotes to
force the search to interpret it as a literal,
not as an operator.
Title <STARTS> Corp
Finds documents with titles starting with
Corp, such as Corporate and Corporation.
<STEM> plan
Finds documents that contain plan, plans,
planned, planning, and other variants with
the same meaning stem. Ignores similarly
spelled words such as planet and plane that
don't come from the same stem.
Chapter 12
Using the Query Operators
Using Search 277