Number wildcard?

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ksad
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Number wildcard?

Post by ksad »

I've read somewhere that # should stand in for number, but it isn't working. I wanna search dc:201# but I'm not getting anything.
void
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Re: Number wildcard?

Post by void »

# requires 'content wildcards' which is different to filename wildcards.

content wildcards are available in Everything 1.5

To enable content wildcards, prefix your search term with wildcards:

For example:
wildcards:tostring:dc:*201#*


To use wildcards on date-created (dc) you will first need to convert it to a string with the tostring: search modifier.

wildcards: match the entire property, so please make sure you use a * prefix and a * suffix where necessary.

For the best performance, please make sure date created indexing is enabled under Tools -> Options -> Indexes -> Index date created.




Instead of converting to a string and using wildcards, please try the following search:

dc:2010..2019

This search will be much faster and works with Everything 1.4.



You can also search for each date component in Everything 1.5, for example:
dcyear:2010..2019
dcmonth:2
dcmonth:9..11
dcday:31
dcday:14..21
dcdayofweek:monday
dcdayofweek:tuesday..thursday
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