^ |
Caret (circumflex). When the string you are looking for is found at the beginning of a line. |
$ |
Dollars. When the string you are looking for is found at the end of a line. |
. |
Dot. When searching for any character. You must place the dot in the location where the character you are looking for should be found. Ex. : ba. = bat bas bap |
* |
Asterisk. At the end of a string of characters to search for any string of characters. Ex. : ba* = bat battre basse |
+ |
Plus. At the location where the character you are searching for is repeated. Ex. : co+ = coo or co++ = cooo |
[ ] |
Straight brackets. When searching for any specific character, excluding others. Ex. : [123] = 1 or 2 or 3 |
[^] |
Caret between straight brackets. When searching for characters excluding those specified between the brackets. Ex. : ba[^s] = bat but not bas |
[-] |
Minus sign between straight brackets. To specify a sequence of possible characters. Ex. : ba[d-u] = bas or bat but not bac |
{ } |
Curly brackets. To search for groups of embedded operators. |
\ |
Back slash. If the string of characters contains a symbol that is used as an operator, you must insert the back slash before the character so that the search engine does not mistake the symbol for an operator. |