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How is the forum search supposed to work?

Hi all,

MSE is of course a great site, but the topic search is a bit tricky to use. Searching for 'E: 10/10' returns any results that contain '10'. Is there a way to get it to search for an exact string?

Thanks.

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  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,383 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Fairly certain not and search is limited to 300 results. You can change the sort order, details below, which can be used to put the threads in day order (all the 1st together 2nd etc)


    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4140535

    or use a search engine that lets you search the site for an exact string
    (keep up to date which among many advantages is quicker and you usually don't need to use search)
  • Chandy
    Chandy Posts: 278 Forumite
    Yeah that's what I figured. They really should improve it. Thanks.
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