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- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 13:52:52 LCL
- Sender: NOTIS/DOBIS discussion group list <NOTIS-L@TCSVM.BITNET>
- From: Bob Jones <BJONES@UNF1VM.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: KWB Truncation Puzzler
- In-Reply-To: Message of Mon,
- 17 Aug 1992 13:22:15 EST from <FWHITE@UCC.UWINDSOR.CA>
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- On Mon, 17 Aug 1992 13:22:15 EST Frank White said:
- >Any KWB wizards out there who can unravel this one?
- >
- >SEARCH STATEMENT RESULTS
- >===================================================================
- >1) k=theses and microfiche 143 hits
- >2) k=theses and microfi? 222 hits
- >3) k=theses and microf? 235 hits
- >4) k=theses and micro? 2 hits
- >
- >Why only 2 hits for search # 4?
- >
- >
- It hit the search limitations (100,000?) sooner, probably picking up
- all the microbio? terms -- thus fewer matches. It probably never
- got to microf? before establishing that search set?
-