Advanced Search Syntax Operators
What are the advanced search syntax operators, such as Boolean, phrasing, and wildcard methods?
 
Increasing the accuracy of a search can be accomplished by using special search query operators supported by Mythic Search.
 
By default, if a search query is entered without any arguments, each word must be present in a document in order for it to show up in the results.  You can alter this behaviour by using various combinations of the following operators:
 
 
AND + (plus)
Mythic Search supports the AND argument, or the + (plus) which requires the word be present in a document in order for it to qualify as a matching result.  In the example below, the words TESTool, merge, and the phrase "leveled list" must all be present in a document in order for it to show up on the results page.
 
 
 
In the example below, the words TESTool and TESAME must both be present in a document in order for it to show up on the results page.
 
 

NOT - (minus)
As important as it might be to require a word to exist in a search query, it may be just as important to provide words that you do not want to be present in a search.  This is where the NOT argument, or the - (minus) comes in handy.  In the example below, the words Oluhan and walkthrough are required, however, the word list must not be present in order for a document to show up on the results page.
 
 
 
The same thing can be accomplished with + and - operators in the example below.
 
 
 
OR | (pipe)
The OR argument, or the | (pipe) is a condition that states that the word or phrase can be present (and thus give it a higher relevancy ranking), but it is not required for a document to show up on the results page. This argument is useful to include additional search query parameters without completely removing other candidate matches.  In the example below, the word dwemer is required, but the word dwarves is not -- however, if it is present in a document, it will score a higher relevancy.
 
 
 
"phrase search"
Searching for phrases means that the words between the quotes must show up in that exact order, adjacent to one another.  In the example below, the complete phrase "turn undead" must be present in a document in order for it to show up on a results page.  Having the words turn, or undead in the document is not enough -- the words must be in the exact word order as provided between the quotation marks.
 
 
 
Wildcard *
Searching with wildcards allows a query to search for a partial match of a word.  The conditions are that a wildcard can only appear at the end of a search term, and at least two characters must be provided before the wildcard * (asterisk) argument.  In example below, all matching documents that contain words that begin with the characters Tele and contain the word List will show up on the search results page:
 
 
 
Examples of words that satisfy the Tele* wildcard search term are: Telekinesis, Teleport, Telepathy, and Telesphoros.