Searching for three questions marks (?)

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Gary Niemen
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Searching for three questions marks (?)

Post by Gary Niemen »

Does anyone know how to search for question marks on the Search tab in the .chm file.
The string ? searches for 1 character.
The string ?? searches for 2 characters. And so on.
Even the string "???" searches for 3 characters.
How can I search for three question marks?

(As an aside, does anybody know where I can find a list of wildcard search options for the Search tab.)
Pete Lees
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Re: Searching for three questions marks (?)

Post by Pete Lees »

Hi, Gary,

See this page for information on the search facilities in HTML Help:

http://helpware.net/htmlhelp/hhfindingtext.htm

Although these facilities are quite sophisticated in some respects, you can search for alphanumeric characters only.

Pete
Gary Niemen
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Re: Searching for three questions marks (?)

Post by Gary Niemen »

Thanks for that.
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