| Enter search conditions
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| ※Text box input |
| - AND search |
| The AND search can be performed by specifying
keywords connected by the half-width "&" character. |
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Example |
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Japan&emigrant |
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Search result |
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Data containing both "Japan" and "emigrant" is
retrieved. |
| - OR search |
| The OR search can be performed by specifying
keywords connected by the half-width "|" character. |
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Example |
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Japan|emigrant |
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Search result |
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Data containing "Japan" or "emigrant" is retrieved. |
| - NOT search |
| The NOT search can be performed by specifying
keywords connected by the half-width "~" character. |
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Example |
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Japan ~(emigrant) |
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Search result |
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Data containing "Japan" but not "emigrant" is
retrieved. |
| - Complex condition search |
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Example |
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Brazil|Japan&emigrant |
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Search result |
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Data containing "Brazil" or containing both "Japan" and
"emigrant" is retrieved. |
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Example |
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Brazil&Japan ~(emigrant) |
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Search result |
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Data containing both "Brazil" and data containing
"Japan" but not "emigrant" is retrieved. |
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Example |
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(Brazil|Japan)&emigrant |
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Search result |
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Data containing "Brazil" or "Japan" and containing
"emigrant" is retrieved. |
| - Escape characters |
| When searching for words containing the
following characters, add "\" (back slash) before each of
these characters: |
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Characters requiring the escape character |
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" $ & ' ( ) * + , - . ; ? [ \ ] ^ { | } ~ |
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Search result |
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January 5, 2003 |
| - Regular expression search |
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Example |
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^Japan |
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Search result |
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Data beginning with "Japan" is retrieved (forward
matching). |
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Example |
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emigrant$ |
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Search result |
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Data ending with "emigrant" is retrieved (backward
matching). |
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Example |
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^Brazil's history$ |
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Search result |
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Only data with "Brazil's history" as its name is retrieved
(full matching). |
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Example |
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Brazil's\shistory |
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Search result |
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Only data with "Brazil's history" as its name is retrieved. |
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Example |
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Brazil's .history |
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Search result |
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Data containing "Brazil's . . . history" is
retrieved.
(". . ." indicates any string containing one characters.) |
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Example |
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Brazil's .?history |
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Search result |
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Data containing "Brazil's . . . history" is
retrieved.
(". . ." indicates any string containing zero or
one characters.) |
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Example |
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Brazil's .*history |
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Search result |
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Data containing "Brazil's . . . history" is
retrieved.
(". . ." indicates any string containing zero or
more characters.) |
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Example |
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Brazil's .+history |
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Search result |
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Data containing "Brazil's . . . history" is
retrieved.
(". . ." indicates any string containing one or
more characters.) |
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Example |
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19[50,69] |
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Search result |
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Data containing any number from 1950 to 1969 is
retrieved. |
| Wild card |
| & |
AND |
| | |
OR |
| ~ |
NOT |
| ^ |
forward matching |
| $ |
backward matching |
| \s |
Space |
| x.y |
One character arbitrary between x and y |
| x.?y |
Zero or one or character arbitrary between x and y |
| x.*y |
Zero or more characters arbitrary between x and y |
| x.+y |
One or more characters arbitrary between x and y |
| Scope search |
| [0,9] |
0～9 |
| Partial character search |
| x(y|z) | xy or xz |
| Complex condition search |
| (x|y|z) |
x or y or z |
| (x&~(z)) |
It is not z but x |
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