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I'm not suggesting in any way that Michael's Web Page is not extremely helpful and comprehensive. However,in my particular case -in the problems I present with here in News Forum- I would not get my questions answered by referencing Michael's material. My question I would like to present with now is this;



Ok, it has to do with NewsPro XPAT again.,
1.My question is about searching for a poster again
2. Now, I understand that alex explained earlier in the thread
herewith the purpose of | or * in an XPAT search
3.However, before even purchasing Newspro (whilst within
my shopping analysis) someone told me that if I was to
want to do an XPAT search and let's say I want to search
for a poster whose nick (username) is ...um ok lender
4. Well in order to find lender in the Wildmats section I would
want to type in precisely this:

*lender*

Now this is a different explanation of precisely HOW to utilise Wildmat however all I know is it worked for me so far.
Now ..going on that here is my question ,which again is not something available to me on the referenced material I have at my disposal herewith;

If lets say I want to do an XPAT looking for a subject this time. I going to say.... green olives
Ok I want to do an XPAT search looking for green olives.
In the Wildmats Sections,is it to my advantage in any way to type with the Wildmats area *green olives* as opposed to just green olives?

Thank you all here I appreciate it so much Aida
elikas1@comcast.net

It depends on how strictly you want to search. If you type in green olives, your search will reveal any post where only green olives is in the subject line, exactly that, nothing more. If you type in *green olives*, your search will reveal any post where the phrase "green olives" is included in the subject line; for example, "I like green olives in a martini." And, if you were to type in *green*olives*, your search will reveal any post where the two words, green and olives are in the subject line; as in, "I turn green when I eat olives."

The * symbol = include any character. And, if you notice, when you select "substring" it automatically adds them to the front and end of the wildmat dialog box.