| Re: boolean search foxtrot pro bug. 5.0 build 1267 [message #223 is a reply to message #221] |
Mon, 25 August 2014 11:57   |
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rwstahlhut«~at~»gmail«|dot|»com wrote:
> I was searching for a group of papers by several authors. Below are the
> searches and the number returned. Note that this search is simply:
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> A
> A or B
> A or B or C
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> so the results should keep getting greater. But they do not.
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> (somm & nicotine) = 51
> (somm & nicotine) | (somm & BPA) = 188
> (somm & nicotine) | (somm & BPA) | (wild & byrne & putative) = 10 (TEN)
FoxTrot does not support this search syntax (parenthesis, & and |).
If you are using the "includes all of the words" operator (as shown in the screenshot of your previous report), then the characters ( & | in your search string are ignored.
If you are using the "matches the search pattern" operator, then the search pattern syntax is explained in the help menu.
Your second search can be performed by searching the following pattern:
somm nicotine | BPA
or by combining two criteria:
[includes all of the words] [somm]
[includes any of the words] [nicotine BPA]
Unfortunately, there is currently no way to perform the last search. We may consider this for a future version though.
Jérôme - CTM Engineering
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