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docsearch - Help browser search

GUI Alternatives

As an alternative to the docsearch function, enter words in the Help browser search field.

Syntax

docsearch
docsearch word
docsearch word1 word2 ...
docsearch "word1 word2" ...
docsearch wo*rd ...
docsearch word1 BOOLEANOP word2 ...
docsearch('word1 word2')
docsearch(charvar)

Description

docsearch opens the Help browser to the Search Results pane, or if the Help browser is already open to that pane, brings it to the top.

docsearch word searches documentation and demos for pages containing word, displaying results in the Help browser Search Results pane.

docsearch word1 word2 ... searches for pages containing word1, word2, and any other specified words.

docsearch "word1 word2" ... searches for pages containing the exact phrase word1 word2 and any other specified words.

docsearch wo*rd ... searches for pages containing words that begin with wo and end with rd, and any other specified words.

docsearch word1 BOOLEANOP word2 ... executes a Help browser full-text search for the term word1 BOOLEANOP word2. BOOLEANOP is a Boolean operator, AND, NOT, or OR, used to refine the search. docsearch evaluates NOTs first, then ORs, and finally ANDs.

docsearch('word1 word2') is the function form of the syntax. The function form supports all options.

docsearch(charvar) finds all pages containing the string defined in charvar, where charvar is a variable of the char class.

Examples

docsearch plot finds all pages that contain the word plot.

docsearch plot tools finds all pages that contain the words plot and the word tools anywhere in the page.

docsearch "plot tools" finds all pages that contain the exact phrase plot tools.

docsearch plot* tools finds all pages that contain the word tools and the word plot or variations of plot, such as plotting, and plots.

docsearch "plot tools" NOT "time series" finds all pages that contain the exact phrase plot tools, but only if the pages do not contain the exact phrase time series.

docsearch(m), where m='plot tools', finds all pages that contain the word plot and the word tools anywhere in the page.

docsearch('plot tools'), finds all pages that contain the word plot and the word tools anywhere in the page.

See Also

builddocsearchdb, doc, helpbrowser

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