Search aids
Advanced users can employ various aids to further restrict their search. The search function of alptransit-portal.ch can process the following queries and search types:
- Term and phrase search (‘word’ ‘this is a phrase’)
- Wildcard search
- Boolean operators (AND, OR)
In addition to the familiar term and phrase searches, other widely used search aids include:
Wildcard search | Special character | Description |
Single characters (corresponds to a single character) | ? | A search for |
A number of characters (corresponds to zero characters or a number of consecutive characters) | * | A wildcard search for |
Boolean operators | Special character | Description |
AND | && | The terms on either side of the Boolean operator must both be present. |
NOT | ! | Excludes the term after the Boolean operator.
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OR | || | At least one of the terms on either side of the Boolean operator must be present. |
| +
| The results must include the term that follows the symbol. |
| - | The results must not include the term that follows the symbol. This operator is functionally similar to the Boolean operator !. |
For more search aids see:
lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/6_6/the-standard-query-parser.html