Modifier |
Purpose |
Example |
Returns |
Space between words
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Applies AND logic to multiple keywords.
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baseball card |
Items with both the words "baseball" and "card". |
Comma between words, no parentheses |
Applies AND logic to multiple keywords. |
baseball,card |
Items with both the words "baseball" and "card". |
Comma between words in parentheses |
Applies OR logic to multiple keywords. |
(baseball,card) |
Items with either the word "baseball" or the
word "card". |
Quoted words |
Requires an exact sequence of words.
|
"baseball card" |
Items with the exact phrase "baseball card". |
-word |
Specified word cannot be present. |
baseball -autograph |
Items that have the word "baseball" but not
"autograph" |
-(word, word, word) |
Specified words cannot be present. |
baseball -(autograph,card,star) |
Items with the word "baseball" but not "autograph,"
"card," or "star".
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* |
Substitutes for one or more characters.
|
baseball* |
Items starting with the string "baseball". |
@ sign
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Search must find two of three words from a list. |
@1 baseball autograph card |
Items with two of the three words "baseball,"
"autograph," and "card". For a "3 out of 4" search, use @2 and a list of four
words.
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+ |
Concatenates a query string using AND logic
with another keyword.
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@1 baseball autograph card +star |
Items with any two of the three words "baseball,"
"autograph," or "card" in the title plus the word "star".
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