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---+!! Search Help %TOC% ---++ Basic Search Form The WebSearch form offers basic search features: * Search field: Enter one or more keywords * All webs flag: Check the flag if you want to search all public webs, not just the current web * Scope: Select if you want to search the topic title, text body or both The search is keyword based like in a typical search engine: * Specify word(s) you want to find * Multiple words form an *AND* search, =intranet web service= returns all pages that have the three words anywhere in the page * Optionally specify plus signs for *AND* search, like =intranet +web +service= * Enclose words in double quotes to form a *literal search*, like ="web service"= * Specify a minus sign to *exclude* a word, like =soap -shampoo= * Use double quotes if you want to search for a leading minus sign, like ="-nowarn"= * *Stop words* are excluded from a keyword search: * Stop words are common words and characters such as ="how"= and ="where"=, defined in the SEARCHSTOPWORDS setting in the TWikiPreferences * If you want to search for a word in the stop word list, prefix the word with a plus sign * *Example:* To search for all topics that contain ="SOAP"=, ="WSDL"=, a literal ="web service"=, but not ="shampoo"=,%BR% enter this: =soap +wsdl "web service" -shampoo= ---++ Advanced Search Form The WebSearchAdvanced form offers more control over search. TWiki supports three types of searches: * =keyword=: The basic search type * =literal=: Simple search where text is searched literally * =regex=: A RegularExpression search for power users TWiki's regex search is a set of regular expression patterns: * Patterns are delimited by a semicolon * An AND search is performed for the list of patterns * An exclamation point preceeding a pattern indicates an AND NOT search; use it to exclude a pattern, like =!web service= * If you want to search for a semicolon or an exclamation point, escape them with a leading backslash, like =\!shampoo= * *Example:* To search for all topics that contain ="SOAP"=, ="WSDL"=, a literal ="web service"=, but not ="shampoo"=,%BR% enter this: =soap;wsdl;web service;!shampoo= ---++ Formatted Searches You can embed a nicely [[FormattedSearch][formatted search]] in a topic by using the =%<nop>SEARCH{}%= variable described in TWikiVariables. ---++ Search Preferences The TWikiPreferences has these settings: * =SEARCHDEFAULTTTYPE=: Default search type for search forms which calls the =search= script * =SEARCHVARDEFAULTTYPE=: Default search type for =%<nop>SEARCH{}= variable * =SEARCHSTOPWORDS=: List of stop words -- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny - 18 Jan 2004