Wildcard characters
Wildcard characters provide a way to make your search for text more general by standing in for unknown characters. Wildcard characters can match any character.
Character | Description |
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? | Matches any single character. For example, Mari?n finds Marian, Marion, Marianne and Mariano, but does not find Mariee, or Maria. |
* | Matches zero or more characters. For example, Ca* Finds Carmen JONES, and Caitlin FISK, but does not find CA 5680 |
Note:
Unlike a simple search, a wildcard search is case-sensitive.