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Keyword Pattern Examples:

The following patterns are examples to help you understand how to construct search patterns of your own. The titles that match each expression are described below the expression, and numbers of the matching titles from the following list are given in square brackets following the description.
  1. The Geomview Manual: Table of Contents
  2. What is Geomview?
  3. A Manual for the Geomview Program
  4. WebOOGL: Geomview and the WWW
  5. The WebOOGL Mathematical Object Zoo
  6. Some Math and Science Sites on the Web
  7. Electronic Science and Math Journals
  8. The Geomview Manual: Section 1
  9. 1. The First Section of the Geomview Manual
  10. 1.1 A Subsection of the First Section of the Manual
  11. Geomview Manual: Making a WebOOGL Zoo

geomview
Titles containing the word geomview. [1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 11]

geomview manual
Titles containing both geomview and manual in the same title. [1, 3, 8, 9, 11]

geomview or manual
Titles containing either geomview or manual or both. [1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11]

geomview and not manual
Titles containing geomview that do not also contain manual. [2, 4]

geomview manual or weboogl zoo
Titles that contain both geomview and manual or both weboogl and zoo. [1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11]

geomview and (manual or weboogl) and zoo
Titles containing wither manual or weboogl and both geomview and zoo. [11]

geomview manual and not (weboogl zoo)
Titles containing geomview and manual but not both weboogl and zoo. [1, 3, 8, 9]

"geomview manual"
Titles containing the phrase geomview manual as a substring. [1, 8, 9, 11]

"math and science"
Titles containing the phrase math and science as a substring. [6]

math "and" science
Titles containing the three words math, and, and science. [6, 7]

math.*science
Titles containing math followed by science. [6]

[0-9]+
Titles containing a number. [8, 9, 10]

^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+
Titles containing a decimal number at the beginning of the title. [9, 10]

manual$
Titles ending with manual. [9, 10]

^\d+ and geomview
Titles starting with a number and containing geomview. [9]

geomview and not ^\d+
Titles containing geomview but not containing a number. [1, 2, 3, 4, 11]

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