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# WILD

The `WILD` field specifier (case sensitive) allows you to find documents in which a specified field contains a string that matches a specified wildcard string.

If the query does not contain any wildcard characters (`?` or `*`) then the `WILD` field specifier acts in the same way as the MATCH field specifier.

NOTE: The field specifier speed can be optimized by restricting the field to the MatchType property type.

## Format

    FieldText=WILD{yourStrings}:yourFields

`yourStrings` | One or more strings containing wildcards. A document returns only if one of `yourFields` matches one of these strings.You can match strings that contain punctuation (but see Note below) or consist of several words. NOTE: Strings in the query must be percent-encoded to ensure that any commas or curly braces that are part of a string are not interpreted as query syntax. If you send HTTP requests using the content-type `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` you must 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` | One or more fields. A document returns only if it contains one of these fields, and if this field contains one of `yourStrings`. Separate multiple fields with colons (`:`). There must be no space before or after a colon.

## Example

    FieldText=WILD{*.html,*.htm}:URL

The `URL` field value must end with `html` or `htm`.

    FieldText=WILD{passi*incarnata}:Climbers:Plants

The `Climbers` or `Plants` field value must contain a phrase that begins with `passi` and ends with `incarnata`, for example, `passionflower incarnata` or `passiflora incarnata`.

    FieldText=WILD{*www.example.com*.txt}:PATH

The `PATH` field value must contain a path that contains `www.example.com` and ends with `.txt`, for example, `http://www.example.com/files/doc.txt`.

    FieldText=WILD{wom?n }:Clothes

The `Clothes` field value must contain a word that matches the specified wildcard string, for example, woman or women.

## See Also

- MATCH Field Specifier

- WildcardFullEval

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Content Component 25.3

Topic Title: WILD