The wildcards " * " and " ? "

The interrogation mark "?": The character "?" can be used to replace any character in a word. Example : if you type the following query: ba? Text’O’Mat retrieves all the documents containing the words "bag", "bar" or "bat" (provided that these words are retained words). The star ‘*’ : The character ‘*’ can be used in the beginning, the middle or the end of the word, and replaces a indefinite number of characters. Example 1 : if you enter the query as follows: Docum* Text’O’Mat retrieves all the documents containing the words "document", "documentaries", "documentary", "Documentation", (provided that these words are retained words). Example 2 : if you type the following query: ca*e Text’O’Mat retrieves all the documents containing the words "cartography", "catalogue", "category" (provided that these words are retained words). Example 3 : if you type the following query: *ce Text’O’Mat retrieves all the documents containing the words "acceptance", "France", "performance" (provided that these words are retained words). Copyright © 2000 C2V (Computers, Communications & Visions).