No control over the distance? I don't like that. Ralph > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Denenberg [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 2:37 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [Fwd: masking character for words] > > > Zero or more words. > > "LeVan,Ralph" wrote: > > > I like it. Does it get followed by a digit or number? > Does it mean exactly > > one word or zero-or-one words? Is it an ordered or > unordered proximity? > > > > My preference is no following numbers, it means zero-or-one > words and it is > > ordered. So "Gone||Wind" gets "Gone With The Wind" and > "Gone from Wind". > > (Note, spaces weren't necessary in the search term!) > > > > Ralph > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Robert Sanderson [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > > > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 2:14 PM > > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > Subject: Re: [Fwd: masking character for words] > > > > > > > > > > Nobody seems stressed out by the suggestion to > > > > define a masking character for words. > > > > Can someone suggest a character to use? > > > > > > How about: | > > > > > > Rob > > > >