on the Search toolbar,
and then click one of the following commands:To insert an element, you can click in the Current
Search Pattern, click
on the Search toolbar,
and then click one of the following commands:
Command |
Element |
|---|---|
[C] Any Consonant |
Consonant class |
[V] Any Vowel |
Vowel class |
* Zero or More |
An asterisk represents zero or more phones, except when it occurs immediately before a closed square bracket that surrounds a diacritic placeholder [◌*]. |
+ One or More |
A plus sign represents one or more phones, except when it occurs immediately before a closed square bracket that surrounds a diacritic placeholder [◌+]. |
# Space/Word Boundary |
A number sign represents a space or word boundary. (Parsed data sources contain no spaces.) |
Diacritic Placeholder |
A diacritic
placeholder is a dotted circle to which diacritics can be
attached if the search pattern does not match a specific base
character. |
[ ] AND Group |
An AND group is a list of pattern members, all of which must describe a phone in order for the phone to qualify as a match. |
{ } OR Group |
An OR group is a list of pattern members, only one of which must describe a phone in order for the phone to qualify as a match. |