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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Using Wildcards in Text Searches</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2004-08-09T12:44:06">FPE. fix #110141#
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150099"><bookmark_value>searching; with wildcards</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>regular expressions;searching</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>wildcards; searching in text</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150099" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="15"><variable id="search_regexp"><link href="text/swriter/guide/search_regexp.xhp">Using Wildcards in Text Searches</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155182" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="50">You can use wildcards when you find and replace text in a document. For example, "s.n" finds "sun" and "son".</paragraph>
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<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155907" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">Choose <emph>Edit - Find & Replace</emph>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155861" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">Select the <emph>Regular expressions</emph> check box.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149843" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">In the <emph>Search for </emph>box, type the search term and the wildcard(s) that you want to use in your search.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156113" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="51">Click <emph>Find </emph>or<emph> Find All</emph>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153401" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="52">Regular Expression Examples</paragraph>
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<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149641" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="44">The wildcard for a single character is a period (.).</paragraph>
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<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153136" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="43">The wildcard for zero or more occurrences of the previous character is an asterisk. For example: "123*" finds "12" "123", and "1233".</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149609" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="45">The wildcard combination to search for zero or more occurrences of any character is a period and asterisk (.*).</paragraph>
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<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149854" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="46">The wildcard for the end of a paragraph is a dollar sign ($). The the wildcard character combination for the start of a paragraph is a caret and a period (^.).</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3153414" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="49">You can only search for regular expressions within the same paragraph. That is, you cannot search for one term in a paragraph and a different term in the next paragraph.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149875" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48"><link href="text/shared/01/02100001.xhp" name="List of Wildcards">List of Wildcards</link></paragraph>
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