Wildcards and truncation (searching)
You can use wildcards in search words and truncation at the end of search words to include word variations in your search.
Do not use wildcards and truncation in phrase searches.
Wildcard and truncation characters
* (asterisk) represents any string of characters.
? (question mark) represents any single character.
Examples
| If you type: | QuestionPoint searches for words such as: |
|---|---|
| col*r | colder collar collector color colour |
| col?r | color |
| col??r | colder collar colour |
| librar* | librarian librarians librarianship libraries library |
| librar? | library |
Related topics
- Find questions by keyword
- Search KBs (advanced search)
- Search KBs (basic search)
- AND, OR, NOT (searching)
- Fuzzy searches (searching)
- Search or browse KBs: contents of help
