Examine32 Text Search manual - Logical Expressions

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Logical Expressions

Logical (or Boolean) expressions let you carry out searches using two or more search strings in a variety of ways and with Examine32 Text Search the logical search is evaluated from left to right.

If you wish to search for more than four search strings using only the OR logical expression then you can do this using regular expressions where the | character represents OR.

There are four logical expressions whose effect can depend on the value of the search proximity.

OR	This will find all occurrences of the two strings. For example, one OR two will find every occurrence of one and every occurrence of two. The value of the search proximity has no relevance to this sort of search.
AND	This will find all occurrences of where the two strings occur together. For example, one AND two will find all the files that contain both one and two if the search proximity is set to "Whole File", or if the search proximity is set to 1 line, then it will find all lines that contain both one and two.
NOT	This will find all occurrences of the first string that do not occur with the second string. For example, one NOT two will find all the files that contain one but not two if the search proximity is set to "Whole File", or if the search proximity is set to 1 line, then it will find all lines that contain one but not two.
XOR	This will find all occurrences of the first string that do not occur with the second string and all occurrences of the second string that do not occur with the first string. For example, one XOR two will find all the files that contain one but not two and two but not one if the search proximity is set to "Whole File", or if the search proximity is set to 1 line, then it will find all lines that contain one but not two and two but not one.