Conducting a Subject Search (continued)
Step 2: Using Search Word Variants: Truncation
To retrieve variations in word endings, we can place a question
mark (?) which acts as a wildcard at the end of a word stem. The Dialog
system does not care how many characters follow the word stem. Truncation
helps to broaden a search.
Quick Check 1:
Look at the search terms we just identified
in Step 1 to see where variant spellings can be used. Write down the
search terms and add a truncation symbol (?) to appropriate search terms.
Check yourself
Click the Check Yourself Icon to see the answers.
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