Bar Ilan Software Support - Wildcard Search Options

   

In the Bar Ilan Responsa Project you can also specify wildcards in your search requests.

1.    To find words containing a series of letters in a particular order, with any combination of letters before, between or after them, type an asterisk (*) — the wildcard character — before, between or after the letters you specified.
   
    For example, to find the word ומדמתרצי, type:

*מ*ר*צ*

2.    To find words containing a single, unspecified letter, type a question mark.

    For example, to find מנה or משה, type:

מה

3.    In the Bar Ilan Software Project to find words containing either a single, unspecified letter or no letter, type a tilde (~).

    For example, to find דניאל or דנאל, type:

דנ~אל
 
•    This option is most useful when searching for forms which you’re not likely to find using ordinary search options, especially loan words (e.g., words of Latin, Greek, Persian or Yiddish origin), since such words are often spelled in unexpected ways.
•    You can use as few or as many asterisks (or other wildcard characters) as you want with this option. For example, if you type פק*ר* without an asterisk at the beginning of the word, you’ll find פקירותא, but not אפיקורס. To find the word אפיקורס, you have to type *פ*ק*ר*.
•    In the Bar Ilan Responsa Project use this option with caution, as it is likely to return a large number of irrelevant forms.
 

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