Is there any way to shorten the required search length? For instance.. when I try to do a search for "pot" (The pot command) it spits back that my search word is too short... ?
Searches
Is there any way to shorten the required search length? For instance.. when I try to do a search for "pot" (The pot command) it spits back that my search word is too short... ?
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The wildcard trick doesn't seem to work for all searches, try searching for RC5. No matter what combination i try i can't get a hit. And i KNOW there are many threads containing RC5.
Please make it possible to search for three letter words.
/Ingvar
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This will significantly increase the Search Database size as the way the search works it indexes every word used rather than scan the entire database sequentially. This means that every three letter word gets indexed, so you have to waste half a day of your life telling it not to index 'the' and 'vcc' and 'vdd' and 'and' and 'etc' etc etc and every other three letter word that's irrelevant. Ultimately it's Lester's decision as it's his Server that ends up getting clogged.
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Try Google.
rc5 site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum
Or, even better: (use "")
"rc5" site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum
Luciano
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Ok, if all searchable words needs to be indexed manually, i certanly understand why it's not practical to include short searches. However i still feel that it makes the searchfunction alot less useful since most abbreviations are two or three letters long(or short). May i suggest that the database could include three letter words if they were written in CAPS, that would include most pic related abbreviations, but leave "and", "the" and similar words.
Luciano.
The Google works better than i thought, thanks. However "rc5" or "RC5" doesn't work(i already tried it), and after Melanies explanation i understand why.
Cheers
/Ingvar
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Hi,
On my computer Google returns 109 results when I enter
"rc5" site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum
"RC5" site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum
"rC5" site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum
and returns the same 109 results when I enter
rc5 site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum
RC5 site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum
rC5 site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum
(Click again the button "Search" if you get less/more results).
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Try that:
a site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum (26,000 results)
ad site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum (812 results)
add site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum (308 results)
addi site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum (0 results)
addit site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum (0 results)
additi site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum (0 results)
additio site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum (0 results)
addition site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum (692 results)
"a" site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum (26,000 results)
"ad" site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum (812 results)
"add" site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum (308 results)
"addi" site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum (0 results)
"addit" site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum (0 results)
"additi" site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum (0 results)
"additio" site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum (0 results)
"addition" site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum (692 results)
Try the same without "site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum"
ad (477,000,000 results)
add (1,150,000,000 results)
addi (7,100,000 results, Google returns results like addicting)
addit (497,000 results)
additi (146,000 results)
additio (156,000 results)
addition (782,000,000 results)
"ad" (475,000,000 results)
"add" (1,020,000,000 results)
"addi" (6,720,000 results)
"addit" (496,000 results)
"additi" (146,000 results)
"additio" (156,000 results)
"addition" (749,000,000 results)
Conclusions:
The use of "" does not make any difference if the searched
string is followed by "site: ...." .
Example:
"rc5" site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum
or
rc5 site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum
will return the same 109 results.
Luciano
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Quotes
Hi,
Just to to explain one thing in google's search:
When you use quotes "" means that if you have more than a word and both come together, google will search for both words in the same order you've typed.
Imagine you know a thread's name but you don't want to scan all the pages looking for it. just type it between quotes and it will come in all flavors: Single post, thread, threads index...
Try this:
"Conflict receiving RS485 stream" site:www.picbasic.co.uk/forum
it will come 23 links, all about the subject.
Hope this help
Hans
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Yes, correct but the use of quotes works also with single words.Originally Posted by hmr
If you search:
addi
Google returns 7,100,000 results and you will see also addicting in the results.
If you search:
"addi"
Goggle returns 6,720,000 results and you will not see addicting in the results.
Luciano
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Luciano.
I thought you meant - do a search for "rc5" on www.picbasic.co.uk/forum, i guess i got confused by the fact that it turned up as a link. Next time i'll try to look at ALL the information in the post.
Thanks.
/Ingvar
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In my original post I unselected the forum option "Automatically parse links in text".
After two minutes I edited the same post and "Automatically parse links in text" was back on.
In the new "Edit" form you have to press the button "Go advanced" in order the see the
option "Automatically parse links in text". I didn't know that.
Sorry about that!
Luciano
Last edited by Luciano; - 7th November 2005 at 18:27.
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Hi Luciano,
That's right it also works with single words and I never said it didn't.
In fact when you put a single word between quotes the search engine will treat it as a hole word and will not show results as part of a word as in your example addi as for addition or addicting.
Another interesting feature of the search engine is that if you search for 2 words and want that both are int the result you just have to put a + sign immediatly before the words.
Regards
Hans
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