--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > By double quotes, I meant "", as in "search string".
That's what I understood. I > had the thought after I sent the email that maybe > someone would read it and think I meant just use two > quotes, one before the string and one after, as in > 'search string'. I've used plenty of editors that use > single quotes and my first inclination was to try it > for the 7.1 type of search, but it didn't work. A week > or two later, the idea came to me to try "7.1". > > I like being able to search for a string with embedded > spaces, because sometimes I try to locate a post in > the group or in my email after reading it at > mail-archive.com, and searching two or three words > with embedded spaces will often narrow down the number > of hits from hundreds to one. Oh, it's crucial for searching a forum like this. I did try it, by the way, after I saw your post, and it worked. I'm virtually positive I had tried it earlier, right after the new interface debuted, and it didn't work. They've been making minor changes here and there all along, and I suspect this was one of them. > --- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gullible fool > > <fflllll@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I mentioned before that there was a problem with > > the > > > new yahoo group search, in that I could not do a > > > search on a string with an embedded decimal point, > > > such as 7.1. Judy mentioned she had difficultied > > as > > > well, I believe that she could not do a search on > > a > > > string with embedded spaces, such as "embedded > > > spaces". I've discovered if you place the search > > > string in double quotes, it will be found. > > > > I thought I had tried that, to no avail. But maybe > > I'm misremembering. Or maybe they've implemented > > it since then! Thanks for the pointer. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
