Wildcard Searches

A Wildcard symbol may be used as a substitute for characters when the exact search criteria are unknown.  The ? may be used to substitute 1 character and the * may be used to substitute for a string of characters.

Example: A search for: Anders?n Would return the following results:
Andersen and Sons Furniture
William Andersen
Andersen, William
Anderson Mortgage Group
Leslie Anderson
John Anderson
Anderson, John
John T. Anderson
Anderson, Flanders & John, LLP.

Notice that the spellings Andersen and Anderson are included in the search, since the ? symbol was used to represent any letter.  The ? may be used multiple times.  For example, a search for:

?nder??n

Would return results for any of the following potential matches:

 

The * symbol is used when one or many characters may follow the initial string entered.  If a search was performed for:

Ander*

The results could include:

 

Notice that the spellings Anders and Anderton were included as well as Andersen and Anderson.

 

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