SUBSTRING

The SUBSTRING field specifier (case sensitive) allows you to return documents whose field value is a substring of a specified string (or equal to a specified strings).

Format

FieldText=SUBSTRING{yourStrings}:yourFields

yourStrings

Type one or more strings. A document is only returned if one of yourFields contains a substring of one of the specified strings. You can match strings that contain punctuation (but see Note below) or consist of several words. NOTE: Strings in the query should be percent-encoded. This ensures that any commas or curly braces that are part of a string are not interpreted as query syntax. If you are sending HTTP requests using the content-type application/x-www-form-urlencoded you should then percent-encode all parameter values, meaning that any commas or curly braces that are part of a string are percent-encoded twice (such that a comma is represented by the sequence %252c). For more information, see Percent Encoding in Queries.

yourFields

Type one or more fields. A document is only returned if it contains one of these fields, and if the value in this field is a substring of yourStrings. Separate multiple fields with colons (:). There must be no space before or after a colon.

Example

FieldText=SUBSTRING{Telecommunications,Technology}:SECTOR

A document's SECTOR field must contain a string that is a substring of Telecommunications or Technology. If a document's SECTOR field, for example, has the value Telecom or Technology, the document is returned. If a document's SECTOR field has the value Latest Technology, the document is not returned.

FieldText=SUBSTRING{scattering,doggedly}:ANIMAL

A document's ANIMAL field value must contain a substring of scattering or doggedly for this document to be returned. If a document's ANIMAL field, for example, has the value cat or dog, this document is returned.