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| Search type | Search syntax |
|---|---|
| Tags | [tag] |
| Exact | "words here" |
| Author |
user:1234 user:me (yours) |
| Score |
score:3 (3+) score:0 (none) |
| Answers |
answers:3 (3+) answers:0 (none) isaccepted:yes hasaccepted:no inquestion:1234 |
| Views | views:250 |
| Code | code:"if (foo != bar)" |
| Sections |
title:apples body:"apples oranges" |
| URL | url:"*.example.com" |
| Saves | in:saves |
| Status |
closed:yes duplicate:no migrated:no wiki:no |
| Types |
is:question is:answer |
| Exclude |
-[tag] -apples |
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user 141525
Refers to the ability to search within specific tags from the global search box by using [tag-name]
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Tag search includes [sass] on search for [*css]
This is because the sass tag also has the tag scss listed as a synonym of it, which does match the criteria *css and gets remapped back to its master tag when listed anywhere.
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Why are search queries inconsistently converted into tags?
If a word is realized to be a tag which is among the top 60 tags for the site, search automatically converts it into a tag search instead of a search for that word.
You can override this functionalit …
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Support [tag:tagname] instead of [tagname] in search queries
The Markdown and search syntax are just different. I don't think we should be encouraging users to use improper search syntax by actually allowing that syntax while searching. Instead, the search shou …
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Massive discrepancy of search results on Stackexchange vs StackOverflow?
Google search is a massively different beast when it comes to searching, and you should in no way expect a site search to return similar results to Google.
Most notably, Google searches the entire pa …
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