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New Boolean Command for Google???
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| bjasinski@gmail.com 2006-05-23, 7:08 pm |
| Does anyone know what this Boolean Code does:
=*=
It only appears to work in Google and it looks like it finds all the
words "near" the word you are searching.
For example:
=*=engineer
This brings back project engineer, senior engineer, technical lead
engineer et al.
Does anyone know the history of this and what Google started using it?
Thanks!
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<bjasinski@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1148419580.523831.191200@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Does anyone know what this Boolean Code does:
>
> =*=
>
>
> It only appears to work in Google and it looks like it finds all the
> words "near" the word you are searching.
>
>
> For example:
>
>
> =*=engineer
>
>
> This brings back project engineer, senior engineer, technical lead
> engineer et al.
>
>
> Does anyone know the history of this and what Google started using it?
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How is this a Java question?
And why aren't you using the Google help system to find out the answers?
--
Rhino
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| bjasinski@gmail.com 2006-05-23, 10:03 pm |
| I figured since Java programmers use binary code (that is the basis
correct?), they would have a good knowledge of Boolean logic since it
technically is a computer language (albeit in it's easiest form). Just
thought I'd throw it out there.
Also, I did send an email to google and they did not respond...
Once again, I'd appreciate any help you, or others, may be able to give.
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| Ian Wilson 2006-05-24, 4:14 am |
| bjasinski@gmail.com wrote:
> I figured since Java programmers use binary code (that is the basis
> correct?), they would have a good knowledge of Boolean logic since it
> technically is a computer language (albeit in it's easiest form).
Debateable but equally true of a hundred other programming languages and
a hundred other newsgroups. For me, that isn't a good reason to post
off-topic questions to any of them.
> Just thought I'd throw it out there.
I'd resist such inappropriate thoughts.
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> Also, I did send an email to google and they did not respond...
I'd start at http://www.google.co.uk/about.html and browse or search
(Google is a search engine after all!)
> Once again, I'd appreciate any help you, or others, may be able to give.
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart...ions.html#forum
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| bjasinski@gmail.com 2006-05-24, 7:07 pm |
| Very well... my apologies. I'm new to using Usenet.
Could any of you post a group they may be more suitable for me?
Thanks again.
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| Ian Wilson 2006-05-24, 7:07 pm |
| bjasinski@gmail.com wrote:
> Very well... my apologies. I'm new to using Usenet.
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> Could any of you post a group they may be more suitable for me?
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google.public.support.general
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| bjasinski@gmail.com wrote:
> Does anyone know what this Boolean Code does:
>
> =*=
>
>
> It only appears to work in Google and it looks like it finds all the
> words "near" the word you are searching.
>
>
> For example:
>
>
> =*=engineer
>
>
> This brings back project engineer, senior engineer, technical lead
> engineer et al.
>
>
> Does anyone know the history of this and what Google started using it?
>
>
> Thanks!
>
try the same search with *= ... By the looks of things it matches the
term and a wild carded term before it.
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| bjasinski@gmail.com 2006-05-24, 10:05 pm |
| Thanks... I got it cleared up. Thanks!
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| Philipp Leitner 2006-05-26, 7:07 pm |
| I am once again stunned what people believe to be a Java- related
question :-)
On to add something on the topic: I don't have the slightest clue, but I
would quite nice if Google had a feature like that.
/philipp
bjasinski@gmail.com schrieb:
> Does anyone know what this Boolean Code does:
>
> =*=
>
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> It only appears to work in Google and it looks like it finds all the
> words "near" the word you are searching.
>
>
> For example:
>
>
> =*=engineer
>
>
> This brings back project engineer, senior engineer, technical lead
> engineer et al.
>
>
> Does anyone know the history of this and what Google started using it?
>
>
> Thanks!
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