HP IAP Version 2.0 User Guide (November 2008)

Table 15 Query expression examples
Query expression
Finds documents with ...
peace OR quiet
Either peace or
quiet,orboth,ineitherorder.
peace quiet
peace AND quiet
peace && quiet
Both peace and quiet,ineitherorder.
peace&&quiet
Thesinglewordpeace&&quiet.
peace or quiet
The three words peace, or,andquiet, in any order. or is a word. The
OR operator must be uppercase.
not quiet
The words not and quiet. The NOT operator m ust b e uppercase.
NOT quiet
Illegal. A query cannot be purely negative and must have some positive
expression.
peace & quiet
The three wo
rds peace, &,andquiet,inanyorder. & is a word
character.
The AND operator is implied.
peace | quiet
Both peace and quiet. | is a separator. The AND operator is implied.
peace AND NOT quiet
peace && -quiet
-quiet && peace
The word peace but not quiet.
peace AND quiet OR
silence
Avoid using. Parentheses are needed: peace AND (quiet OR
silence).
quiet OR silence AND
peace
Avoid using. Parentheses are needed: quiet OR (silence AND
peace).
pea*
Any word starting with pea such as: pea, peas, peace,orpeach.
pea*c*
Words suc
has: peace, peach,orpeaches.
"peace quiet"
Both peace and quiet, in that order, with no intervening words.
Examples: peace quiet or peace $^%+{} quiet.
"peace quiet"~1
Both peace and quiet, in that order, separated by at most one word.
Examples: peace and quiet; peace, now;%^$ quiet; peace quiet;or
peace george quiet.
peace~
Words similar to peace such as: peaches, piece, place,orplate.
(peace quiet)
AND
NOT "peace quiet"
Both peace and quiet,butnotpeace followed immediately by quiet.
Examples: quiet peace; quiet blue peace;orpeac e, water, la nd, quiet.
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