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post #1 of 7
3/27/11 at 9:55am
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How do I perform a search for multiple words in a post? If I search for multiple keywords it will return results where both words can be found anywhere in the thread. I only want posts where both keywords appear.
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post #2 of 7
3/27/11 at 10:07am
Do you mean where both words occur in sequence? Have you tried enclosing the two words in a pair of quote marks?
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post #3 of 7
3/27/11 at 10:20am
Quotes don't work for multiple words.

However, a plus (+) sign with no space between words does work, altho even it will find posts with one of the words. At least it should find all the multiple-word posts (those that contain all the words).

An example is DVD+HDD or HDD+DVD+dub.
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post #4 of 7
3/27/11 at 2:19pm
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I am trying to search for any posts that contain certain keywords in any sequence. For example, I was trying to search for posts that contain both "speaker" and "cable". If I search for "+speaker +cable" it will return any posts that contain either keyword which is not what I want.

Edit: Ok, I tried searching without a space in between the keywords as wajo suggested (i.e. "+speaker+cable") and it seems to do what I want. Wajo, you seem to say that it will return posts with only one of the words as well but from what I could tell it was only returning posts with both keywords, which is exactly what I want.

Thanks.
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post #5 of 7
3/27/11 at 3:06pm
I think you're adding the + sign at the beginning might be the ultimate key... I recommended the + sign only between words (wth no space)?

Nope: I tried the initial + as well, and it found the same suspects... a few with only one or two of the words.
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post #6 of 7
3/27/11 at 3:17pm
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Originally Posted by Kal Rubinson View Post

Do you mean where both words occur in sequence? Have you tried enclosing the two words in a pair of quote marks?

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Originally Posted by wajo View Post

I think you're adding the + sign at the beginning might be the ultimate key... I recommended the + sign only between words (wth no space)?

Nope: I tried the initial + as well, and it found the same suspects... a few with only one or two of the words.

Well that sucks then. I tried looking through a bunch of the results and I thought we had it. In that case, space or no space makes no difference.
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post #7 of 7
3/27/11 at 8:10pm
Try looking here to see if this may help...

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/faq.p...chlight_search

...as we have a new search system in place.
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