Concord > search word syntax
By default, Concord does a whole-word non-case-sensitive search.
Examples
search word
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finds
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book
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Book or book or BoOk
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book*
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book, books, booking, booked
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*book
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textbook (but not textbooks)
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bo* in
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book in, books in, booking in (but not book into)
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book * hotel
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book a hotel, book the hotel, book my hotel
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bo* in*
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book in, books in, booking in, book into
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book?
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book, books, book; book.
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book^
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book, books
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b^^k
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book, back, bank, etc.
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==book==
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book (but not BOOK or Book)
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book/paperback
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book or paperback
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symbol
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meaning
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examples
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*
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disregard the end of the word,
disregard a whole word
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tele*
*ness
*happi*
book * hotel
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?
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any single character (including punctuation) will match here
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Engl???
?50.00
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#
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any single number, 0 to 9
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$###
£##.00
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^
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any single letter of the alphabet will match here
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Fr^nc^
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==
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case sensitive
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==French==
==Fr*==
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:\
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means use a file for lots of search-words (see file-based search_words)
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c:\text\frd.txt
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/
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separates alternative search-words. You can specify alternatives within an 80-character overall limit
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may/can/will
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<>
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beginning & end of tags
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<w NN1>
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If you want to use *, ? , == , #, ^ , :\, >, < or / as a character in your search word, put it in double quotes. Examples:
"*"
Why"?"
and"/"or
":\"
"<"
Don't forget that question-marks come at the end of words (in English anyway) so you might need *"?"
Tags
You can also specify tags in your search-word if your text is tagged.
Examples:
symbol
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meaning
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examples
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<w NN1>*
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single common noun (BNC)
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book, chair, elephant
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<w NN?>*
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singular or plural common noun
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book, chairs
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<w NN1>t*
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any single noun beginning with T or t
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table, teacher
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<w NN1>* <w NN1>*
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two single common nouns in sequence
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campaign manager
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See also: Tag Concordancing, Context Word, Modify source texts
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