| Back Syntax Humoroo's powerful search engine (HumorFind) accepts the following syntax: word length Words must be at least two letters long. Words less than two letters in length will be ignored. +word Placing a plus sign in front of a word will require that all records returned by the search contain that word. -word Placing a minus sign in front of a word will ensure that no records returned by the search contain the word. "phrase search" Placing quotes around a string of words will direct the search to return records containing the string of words in the specified order. +"phrase search" Placing a plus sign in front of a quoted string of words will require that all records returned by the search contain the string of words in the specified order. -"phrase search" Placing a minus sign in front of a quoted string of words will ensure that no records returned by the search will contain the string of words in the specified order. substring* Placing an asterisk after a word or string will return records that contain the word or string as the first part of a larger string. For example, searching for "pea*" would return "pear" and "pearl". Note that the asterisk does not require that the search string be preceded or followed by any other string: searching for "pea*" would also return "pea". |