Night Owl 6/Night Owl's Shareware - PDSI-006 - Night Owl Corp (1990).iso/033a/pcbhlp_c.zip/HLPSRCH

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@X0E                Examples of using boolean (and / or) searching
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@X0BThere are numerous places where PCBoard will ask you for some kind of search
@X0Bcriteria for the text you want to scan.  In those areas you can simply type
@X0Bin a word or phrase or you may create much more complex searches by using
@X0Bboolean logic symbols in your request.

@X0BThe symbols "&" and "|" can be used to mean AND and OR respectively.  In
@X0Baddition you can combine criteria using parenthesis to denote the grouping of
@X0Bthe search.

@X0BThe rules below apply at any prompt given where PCBoard wants you to tell it
@X0Bwhat to scan for so the following rules can be used whether you are scanning
@X0Bthrough the message base, the download directories, the users file or the
@X0Bcaller logs.


@X0EMultiple words making up a sentence or phrase:
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@X0CPCBoard version 14.5

@X0BSearches for the words "PCBoard version 14.5" all together in a line


@X0EMultiple words searching for each word separately:
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@X0CPCBoard | Qmodem | Procomm

@X0BSearches for any text having either PCBoard OR Qmodem OR Procomm anywhere in
@X0Bthe text


@X0EMultiple words searching for each word separately requiring ALL to match:
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@X0CPCBoard & Qmodem & Procomm

@X0BSearches for any text having ALL THREE words but not necessarily in any order
@X0Bor even next to each other


@X0EUsing parenthesis for grouping:
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@X0CDESQview & (PCBoard | Qmodem)

@X0BSearches for any text having DESQview in it AND having either PCBoard OR Qmodem
@X0Balso in the same text in any order and not necessarily together