sitefaqlet SiteDocClan <h1>Patterns in PerlMonks Searches</h1> <p> Neither search method supports any kind of patterns! Do not be tempted to try a [id://172854|regex], or anything remotely like one. Not even [id://361932|wildcards]! </p><p> No, all strings are interpreted as plain, simple strings. Search/SuperSearch simply look for these strings occurring anywhere in the title or body. (Search looks only in titles; SuperSearch looks in titles or bodies, as you choose.) No [id://505850|word boundaries] are inferred, either. And all searching is [id://208289|case-insensitive]. </p><p> Note that, in SuperSearch, the default string separator is space, but this can be changed. In Quick Search, this default cannot be overridden. </p>