I know this is a feature that many people would like to see (including myself). It may be on the Search team's roadmap, but please create a Google Code ticket for it so we can track it: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list
-Chad On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Jonathan Snook <jonathan.sn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is it possible to add a simple "Starts with" token for the Search API? > (and maybe an ends with token if people want that, as well). > > For example, it'd be nice to be able to do "^overheard" and only catch > those tweets that specifically start with the word instead of having > the word appear anywhere in the tweet. Likewise, it'll make it easier > to match "^OH" (although, I'd prefer to be able to match "^OH:" but I > know the colons get stripped). > > Thanks, > > -Jonathan >
