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Searching for special characters like $

Posted By: ah_clem
Date: Tuesday, 15 February 2011, at 4:18 p.m.

In Response To: 31P-43S-65S-31b-32-g (Stick)

The $ character is a special wildcard character in Perl so if you include it in your search string it'll produce "funny" results. But if you escape it with the backslash you will get more meaningful results.

For instance, if you're looking for 41$-33 try searching for 41\$-33 instead.

HTH.

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            • 31P-43S-65S-31b-32-g
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