joegold Posted May 5, 2002 Share Posted May 5, 2002 I am working on a help screen, and am trying to explain in very simple terms the difference between using the exact match (equal sign), and literal text (quotation marks) in find mode. I looked in a book, and it started talking about how Filemaker indexes fields, etc. I am looking for a way to explain this very simply to real novices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 OK. 1) Talk real slow. Or if it's an on-line help screen -- type real slow using only one finger. <giggle> I've found the quotation marks (literal text search) useful only if the search string begins or ends with a space. However it doesn't seem to hurt any other search I can remember using it in. The "exact match" search (=) gets FMP to assume that the search string is a whole word. Normally it looks for the search string inside words as well. The "field content match" search (==) gets FMP to assume that the search string is the entire contents of the field. I taught this stuff just this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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