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Re: Trouble searching for neighboring word when excluding other. [message #2002 is a reply to message #2001] Fri, 03 April 2026 10:34 Go to previous message
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If your proximity query only involves single words, use the basic syntax:
"{15} 77. gr. ævilangt -ökuleyfi"
If it involves quoted strings, then use the alternate syntax, where each word involved in the proximity range should be quoted:
{15} "77. gr." "ævilangt" -"ökuleyfi"
Note that any unquoted word terminates the sequence of words / quoted strings that are involved in the proximity search, so:
{15} "77. gr." "ævilangt" -"ökuleyfi" foo
would find [foo] anywhere in the document.

Also note that punctuations are ignored (unless when using [includes the exact string], for example as a secondary criterion), so these examples should also find [77 gr] or [77-gr]


Jérôme - FoxTrot Engineering
 
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