To specify that you want to obtain results that don't contain a certain pattern, place a minus sign ("-") in front of that pattern in your query.

For example: To search for all results that include "eggdrop" but NOT including "tcl", use:

To specify that you want to obtain results that MAY contain a certain pattern, but that pattern is optional, place a tilde sign ("~") in front of that pattern in your query.

For example: To search for all results that MAY include "eggdrop" OR "script", use:

Note: Results for queries containing a tilde ("~") will be first sorted by those that contain the patterns specified with the tilde, secondly sorted by the desired sort order.

Search for complete phrase patterns by enclosing your query in quotes.

For example: To search for all results that include the exact phrase "eggdrop script", use:

You may use the wildcards "*" (asterisk) and "?" (question mark) in your queries for greater pattern matching control.

Example 1: To search for all results that include "egg" and "op" (such as 'eggdrop', 'eggmop', 'eggop'), use:

Example 2: To search for all results that include "egg" and "op" with exactly two characters between them (such as 'eggdrop'), use: