Boolean operators

In Help, you can precisely define your index search by creating a relationship between search terms using the AND, OR, NOT, and NEAR operators. The following table shows how you can use each of these operators.

NOTE  If no operator is specified, AND is used. For example, the query "validate method" is equivalent to "validate AND method."
 

Search for Example Results

Both terms in the same topic.

telephone AND method

Topics containing both the words "telephone" and "method."

Either term in a topic.

task OR process

Topics containing either the work "task", the word "process", or both.

The first term without the second term.

task NOT process

Topics containing the word "task", but not the word "process".

Both terms in the same topic, close together.

text NEAR members

Topics containing the word "text" in the proximity of the word "members."

Note:  The |, &, and ! characters do not work as Boolean operators (you must use OR, AND, and NOT).