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--- wiki:search [2026/02/10 14:26] – bobbyk
+++ wiki:search [2026/02/10 16:47] (current) – [The OR operator (|)] bobbyk
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-\[from dokuwiki.org @ 25-08-20\] {{ :wiki:search-box.png?300|}}
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 A search can be started from any page, using the Search box in upper right of each page.
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 In this section, we'll use square brackets ''\[ ... \]'' to represent characters entered in the query.
+---
 ### Phrase search ("")
 You can search for exact phrases by putting double quotes around a set of words, e.g. ''\[ "Cornell Law Review" \]''.
+{{:wiki:searchsample\_1.jpg?400|}}
+---
 ### Excluding Terms (-)
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 But, [searching](https://wikipreview.qacos.com/doku.php?do=search&id=wiki%3Asearch&sf=1&q=%22Cornell+Law+Review%22+-Humbertson) for ''\[ "Cornell Law Review" -Humbertson \]''
+{{:wiki:cornell-humbertson.jpg?500|}}
 *   will find only the 2 pages —
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 *   briefing\_book\_pdf\_files\_4014
 *   problems\_with\_the\_testimony\_of\_robert\_brown\_pdf\_files\_16269
+---
 ### Partial matching (\*)
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 You can also perform ''\[ doku**\*** \]'' (prefix matching) and \[\*okuwik\*\] (partial matching).
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 Note that ''**\***'' is not a "wildcard". You can't use it _inside_ of a word. For example, searching ''\[ doku\*iki \]'' will not find anything for you.
 ### The OR operator (|)
-By default DokuWiki performs a logical AND search, but you can also use a logical OR search by using ''|'' or ''or'' as a separator of your search terms. For example, the query ''\[ plugin | template \]'' will find pages which contain either "plugin" or "template" or both. The query ''\[ plugin or template \]'' will do the same thing. You may use OR as a simple alternative to \[\[#Partial matching (\*)\]\], e.g. in finding pages about people with spelling variations as ''\[ Frank | Fränk \]''.
+By default, DokuWiki searches for _all_ the words in your search, but you can also search for _any_ of your search terms. (This is called a logical OR search.)
+OR searching is done by including ''|'' or ''or'' as a separator between your search terms.
+For example, the query ''\[ event | show \]'' will find pages which contain either "plugin" or "template" or both.
+The query ''\[ event or show \]'' will do the same thing.
+You can make use of OR as a way to find search terms with spelling variations, for example ''\[ capitol | capital \]'', or, ''\[ state capitol | state capital \]''.
+\_
+The OR operator has a lower 'precedence' than the default AND operator.
+That is, the query
+''\[ gun show | event \]''
+is the same as
+''\[ (gun show) | event \]''.
+_**$$$  include some actual hits pages  $$$**_
+_**$$$  add a screen print of the sample search  $$$**_
-The OR operator has a lower precedence than the default AND operator. That is, the query ''\[ dokuwiki plugin | template \]'' can be represented as ''\[ (dokuwiki plugin) | template \]'', not as ''\[ dokuwiki (plugin | template) \]''. Instead, use a grouping syntax as described below.
+.
+But, if you needed to search for (gun show) or for (gun event), you could _not_ write it as ''\[ gun (show | event) \]''.
-If you want to \[\[#Search within a namespace (@) |restrict your search on a namespace\]\], you **have** to group your search with "()", otherwise a search ''\[ plugin | template @plugin\]'' will behave as ''\[ (plugin) | (template @plugin)\]'', i.e. searching for "plugin" OR "template @plugin" over //all// namespaces, but not as you may intend searching "plugin" OR "template" over the //plugin// namespace, the latter being correctly expressed as ''\[ (plugin | template) @plugin\]''.
+Instead, use a _grouping search_ — as described below.
 ### Grouping search