| Operator |
Example |
Result |
| And |
one two
one & two
one AND two
|
Finds documents with both 'one' and 'two', or any words with similar spelling, eg. 'ones and
twos'
|
| Or |
me OR you
"me" OR "you"
|
Finds documents with either 'me' or 'you', can be used with phrases |
| Not |
NOT him
her NOT him
them NOT "him and her"
|
Finds documents not containing 'him', can be used with phrases. |
| Phrase |
"to be or not"
|
Finds documents with the exact phrase 'to be or not', or and phrases containing those set of
words in a different order or spelling
|
| Near |
one NEAR two
|
Finds documents with the words 'one' and 'two' within 5 words of each other.
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