Number wildcard search help
Number wildcard search help
Stuck on a noob search problem. Need to search for a 4 digit series of numbers as a wildcard for content search. For instance, I have Excel files with cells that have L1234 but wildcard:content:*1234 isn't working. How can I retrieve the files I'm looking for??? Thanks in advance.
Re: Number wildcard search help
wildcard: only works in Everything 1.5 or later.
wildcard: will force Everything to match the whole filename or whole content.
Please try the following search:
wildcard:content:*?1234*
* = match any character any number of times.
? = match a single character.
You'll most likely want a * at the start and end of your search to find 1234 anywhere in the content.
To make wildcard: match anywhere in the content:
For more control, please try regex:
regex:content:[a-z]1234
wildcard: will force Everything to match the whole filename or whole content.
Please try the following search:
wildcard:content:*?1234*
* = match any character any number of times.
? = match a single character.
You'll most likely want a * at the start and end of your search to find 1234 anywhere in the content.
To make wildcard: match anywhere in the content:
- In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
- Click the Search tab on the left.
- Uncheck Match whole filename when using wildcards.
- Click OK.
(and then search for: wildcard:content:?1234 )
For more control, please try regex:
regex:content:[a-z]1234