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Using wildcards in search

The Use Wildcards option will find the specified combination of characters, including combinations within a word.

Table 1. Use Wildcards
Wildcard Description Example expressions Matches any combination of characters
* Substitutes for any number of characters

  1. st*e

  2. *rec
  1. that begins with st, followed by zero or more characters, followed by e: custrec, store, steady
  2. that begins with zero or more characters, followed by rec: gr_custrec, RECORD
? Substitutes for a single character
  • st?re
  • that begins with st, followed by a single character, followed by re:store
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