SUBSTRING

The SUBSTRING field specifier (case sensitive) allows you to return documents whose field value is a substring of a specified string (or equal to a specified strings).

Format

FieldText=SUBSTRING{yourStrings}:yourFields
yourStrings

One or more strings. A document returns only if one of yourFields contains a substring of one of the specified strings. You can match strings that contain punctuation (but see Note) or consist of several words.

NOTE: Strings in the query must be percent-encoded to ensure that any commas or curly braces that are part of a string are not interpreted as query syntax.

If you send HTTP requests using the content-type application/x-www-form-urlencoded you must then percent-encode all parameter values, meaning that any commas or curly braces that are part of a string are percent-encoded twice (such that a comma is represented by the sequence %252c). For more information, see Percent Encoding in Queries.

yourFields One or more fields. A document returns only if it contains one of these fields, and if the value in this field is a substring of yourStrings. Separate multiple fields with colons (:). There must be no space before or after a colon.

Example

FieldText=SUBSTRING{Telecommunications,Technology}:SECTOR

The SECTOR field must contain a string that is a substring of Telecommunications or Technology. For example, if the SECTOR field has the value Telecom or Tech, the document returns. If the SECTOR field has the value Latest Technology, the document does not return.

FieldText=SUBSTRING{scattering,doggedly}:ANIMAL

The ANIMAL field value must contain a substring of scattering or doggedly. For example, if the ANIMAL field has the value cat or dog, this document returns.