Question Mark ?

Summary

The question mark (?) matches a single character.

To match ? as-is, escape it \?
However, please be aware that if the ? symbol was placed at the end of a word/number and followed by a space, it will by default be recognized as a separator and not indexed. If you want to change that, please contact support (http://zylab.support.com).

Syntax	Semantics	Recommended Use
t?rm	Where ? represents one character inside, before or behind a term.
?er? t??m	The question mark can be used twice or more in a term, also in combination with each other.	Do not use the question mark too often, since this will slow down the search process.
t??*	This will match a word starting with t, followed by two or more characters.

Syntax

Semantics

Recommended Use

t?rm

Where ? represents one character inside, before or behind a term.

?er?

t??m

The question mark can be used twice or more in a term, also in combination with each other.

Do not use the question mark too often, since this will slow down the search process.

t??*

This will match a word starting with t, followed by two or more characters.

Examples

Example of query	Results
wom?n	woman, women
?andy	candy, dandy, sandy, handy, etc.
sh??e	shore, shade, shape, etc.
60?	600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609
60\?	During indexing, the ? symbol followed by a space indicated the end of a sentence and was not indexed. Therefore, '60?' will not be found. If you want to find ? symbols at the end of words/numbers, you need to change the character set (please contact support (http://zylab.support.com)).
60?60	60?60, 60060, 60160, 60260, 60360, 60460, 60560, 60660, 60760, 60860, 60960