Query syntax

Word and phrase searches
A query may consist of a single word or phrase.
For example: Microsoft, "Microsoft Windows"

Boolean operators
SearchBlackBox SDK supports the following Boolean operators: AND, OR, NOT.
For example: Microsoft AND Windows NOT XP

Grouping
Grouping features allows you to group the search terms. Use parentheses for grouping.
For example: (desktop OR web) AND programming

Fielded searches
You can specify the field name for searching in certain fields.
For example: title:(windows programming) AND author:Richter

Range searches
SearchBlackBox SDK supports range searches: inclusive and exclusive. Use brackets (square for an inclusive range and curly for an exclusive range) with TO between the beginning term and the ending term.
For example: price:[49 TO 99] and year:{2000 TO 2006}

Wildcard and prefix searches
Use wildcard characters ? and * for wildcard searches.
For example: devel* AND prog*

Fuzzy searches
Use trailing tilde (~) for fuzzy searches.
For example: cat~

Proximity searches
Use tilde (~) followed by an integer number to find a word or phrase within "n" words of another word or phrase.
For example: "search engine"~3

Boosting
Use a carat (^) followed by a floating-point number to set a boost factor for the query.
For example: search^1.5 OR find

Special characters
Use a backslash (\) to escape the special characters. The special characters are: \, +, -, !, (, ), :, ^, ], {, }, ~, *, ?.
For example: COM\+ programming

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