A Wild card is a character used to substitute for unknown information. A question mark (?) is a substitute for one unknown character and an asterisk (*) can be used to substitute for one or more unknown characters. symbol may be used as a substitute for characters when the exact search criteria are unknown.
The question mark (?) may be used to substitute 1 character and the asterisk (*) may be used to substitute for a string of characters.
For example, a search for:
Anders?n
Would return the following results:
Andersen and Sons Furniture
William Andersen
Andersen, William
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Leslie Anderson
John Anderson
Anderson, John
John T. Anderson
Anderson, Flanders & John, LLP.
Notice that the spellings Andersen and Anderson are included in the search, since the ? symbol was used to represent any letter. The ? may be used multiple times. For example, a search for:
?nder??n
Would return results for any of the following potential matches:
Andersen
Anderson
Underton
The * symbol is used when one or many characters may follow the initial string entered. If a search was performed for:
Ander*
The results could include:
Penelope Anders
Andersen and Sons Furniture
William Andersen
Andersen, William
Anderson Mortgage Group
Leslie Anderson
John Anderson
Anderson, John
John T. Anderson
Anderson, Flanders & John, LLP.
Elisha Anderton
Notice that the spellings Anders and Anderton were included as well as Andersen and Anderson.