Wildcard Operators

You can use the following wildcard operators when searching:

Table 4-4:

Wildcard Definition
? Specifies one alphanumeric character.
* Specifies one or more of any alphanumeric characters. You should not use * to specify the first character of a wildcard string.

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Example 4-3: Wildcard Examples

  • ?an searches for and locates ran, pan, can, and ban.

  • corp* searches for and locates corporate, corporation, corporal, and corpulent.

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