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Can a search include mathematical expressions?
It's difficult to search for math-related topics without using math expressions. Can this be done somehow? I'm talking about things beyond +, - , / , etc.
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Search posts with specific combination of tags
Let’s say I want to obtain a list of all topics that have tags [x] & [y], but not [z].
For example, let’s say a topic has the below tags [x] & [y]. Then I should have this topic in my search ...
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Some questions about search [closed]
I want to search questions answered by me and some another user. How can I do this? I don't see an "and" operator.
Is there a way to search through comments (answers under which there is ...
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How can I search for a keyword across the questions I posted on an SE site and the answers that they received? [duplicate]
I posted several questions on one of the Stack Exchange websites. How can I search for a keyword across these questions and the answers that the questions received? Ideally I'd also be interested to ...
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Is it possible to search comments like we can search chat messages? [duplicate]
In chat.stackexchange.com we can search all chat messages filtered by keywords, user id, and room id. The search result has unique URL to a chat message.
Given that there is also a unique URL for a ...
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Searching my own unanswered questions over all Stack Exchange sites
I wish to get a list of my own unanswered questions over all Stack Exchange sites.
It seems you can run SQL queries with data.stackexchange.com, something I learned only today. Is there a way I can ...
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What does the sorted by 'most frequent' search filter mean on stackoverflow.com? [duplicate]
Does it mean it is sorted by the most viewed questions recently?
Is there a way to search questions based on how much recent activity they have, to gauge how popular they are currently (highest score ...
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How can I disable answers showing up in the search results? [duplicate]
Sometimes, when I search on MSE, or any SE site, answers show up as well as questions in the results. How do I disable/hide the answers in the search results?
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Search a SO post that I closed with a certain keyword
Is there a way to search for a Stack Overflow post that I closed and that has a certain keyword say "this" or certain code say this in it?
I mean, I want to search by typing in the search ...
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"Search all sites", except one
I'd like to search all sites for "Wikipedia", but exclude Stack Overflow because the questions there are totally out of the scope I'm looking for.
By reading the How do I search? page, I see ...
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What is a reliable way to search for URLs containing tilde?
Let us say that I want to search (on some Stack Exchange site) for posts linking to some website, and the URL contains the tilde ~. For the sake of example, let us try python.net/~goodger. (I ...
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How can I bypass automatic string-tag conversion? [duplicate]
On Politics, I wanted to make a search for questions related to the conflict in Ukraine.
There are many questions on the topic which don't have the tag [ukraine] attached to them, but on searching for ...
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How can I design a search query on Stack Overflow to include specific keywords? [duplicate]
I would like to search for specific keywords within posts containing a specific tag. I designed the following query on Stack Overflow:
[Tag] AND "search-string 1" OR " search-string 2&...
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Why is searching for questions, that are not tagged as duplicate, giving duplicate questions results?
I want to answer some questions, so that I get some reputation, at least to do the most common actions in Stack Overflow. So, I wanted to search for questions without answers, in subjects I have good ...
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How can I find a question on Stack Exchange? [duplicate]
I have read a question a few years back, and it has been answered: 'What would be the last artificial light after apocalypse'
I couldn't find it with tags, and I'm not sure on which site it was asked ...
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