But thats not true. On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Jack Krupansky <[email protected]> wrote: > Technically, should also indicate that backslashes need to be escaped to > include them in a wildcard term. > > -- Jack Krupansky > > -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 1:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: svn commit: r1384427 - > /lucene/dev/trunk/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/WildcardQuery.java > > > Author: rmuir > Date: Thu Sep 13 17:42:18 2012 > New Revision: 1384427 > > URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1384427&view=rev > Log: > add note about escaping terms > > Modified: > > lucene/dev/trunk/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/WildcardQuery.java > > Modified: > lucene/dev/trunk/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/WildcardQuery.java > URL: > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/dev/trunk/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/WildcardQuery.java?rev=1384427&r1=1384426&r2=1384427&view=diff > ============================================================================== > --- > lucene/dev/trunk/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/WildcardQuery.java > (original) > +++ > lucene/dev/trunk/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/WildcardQuery.java > Thu Sep 13 17:42:18 2012 > @@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ import java.util.List; > > /** Implements the wildcard search query. Supported wildcards are > <code>*</code>, which > * matches any character sequence (including the empty one), and > <code>?</code>, > - * which matches any single character. Note this query can be slow, as it > + * which matches any single character. If you want to treat a wildcard as a > literal > + * character instead, escape it with '\'. > + * <p> > + * Note this query can be slow, as it > * needs to iterate over many terms. In order to prevent extremely slow > WildcardQueries, > * a Wildcard term should not start with the wildcard <code>*</code> > * > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
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