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docctong
Fluorite | Level 6

I need to do a word search on a text field.  While I know how to search for multiple words using the Prxmatch function, I am not sure how I can search words such as "fire suppression", "Young men", and etc, i.e., a simple phrase that has two words or more.  If I were to split the phrase into two separate words, like "fire" and "suppression", then I will get many wrong matches due to the word "fire".  The same is true for the words "Young" or "men".  Is there a way to combine these words and use it in the Prxmatch function?

 

Thanks.

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art297
Opal | Level 21

A nice example can be found at: https://support.google.com/a/answer/1371417?hl=en#Match-Word-or-Phrase-in-a-List

 

Art, CEO, AnalystFinder.com

 

Patrick
Opal | Level 21

@docctong

With RegEx you're not really searching for words but for strings/text patterns. A blank between two words is nothing else than another character so simply search for such strings, i.e. '/fire suppression|young men/i'

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