Actual search string search engine or general technique ?

N_Cook

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Nov 19, 2009, 3:48:27 AM11/19/09

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2 surface mount SOT23 size with topmarks/ topcodes
=JG ( SOT23-6)
and
LA=
asuming the "=" is part of the code,
impossible to search on as punctuation is ignored, even as "=JG" or ""=JG""
%3D%4A%47
"%3D%4A%47"
or
""%3D%4A%47""

on 6 different search engines

PeterD

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Nov 19, 2009, 9:02:05 AM11/19/09

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On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:48:27 -0000, "N_Cook" <div...@tcp.co.uk>
wrote:

There are search engines that do allow searching for special
characters and symbols. Sadly, my list of these is missing! Maybe a
Google for "litteral search engines" might return something?

JeffM

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Nov 19, 2009, 3:16:16 PM11/19/09

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If you use double quote marks with Google to make phrases,
you can substitute a hyphen for an equal sign.
I've never seen any search engine
that takes any notice of punctuation in a search string
beyond %26 for an ampersand.

Robert Macy

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Nov 19, 2009, 4:00:04 PM11/19/09

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from this URL:
http://www.clivetec.0catch.com/SMD_CodesJ.htm

it appears the JG could be Toshiba's 2SK208 N-Channel FET
does that make sense?

N_Cook

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Nov 20, 2009, 3:17:41 AM11/20/09

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Robert Macy <ma...@california.com> wrote in message
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If it has 6 pins on a SOT23 body

N_Cook

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Nov 21, 2009, 4:34:56 AM11/21/09

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N_Cook <div...@tcp.co.uk> wrote in message
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http://www.google.com/codesearch
looked promising, as it search for exact strings in computer code listings
out there ,why not search hypertext markup "code" likewise

N_Cook

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Nov 21, 2009, 7:22:43 AM11/21/09

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any codesmiths know if this concept can be adapted for searching punctuation
etc in HTML text, captured by search engine
http://www.freeopenbook.com/google-hacks/googlehks-CHP-6-SECT-22.html

"
Google can find lots of different things, but at this writing, it can't find
special characters in its search results. That's a shame, because special
characters can come in handy. The tilde (~), for example, denotes personal
web pages.

This hack takes a query from a form, pulls results from Google, and filters
the results for the presence of several different special characters in the
URL, including the tilde.
"

JeffM

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Nov 21, 2009, 12:07:11 PM11/21/09

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N_Cook wrote:
>"Google can find lots of different things, but at this writing,
>it can't find special characters in its search results.
>That's a shame, because special characters can come in handy.
>The tilde (~), for example, denotes personal web pages.

There was a time
when the tilde served a syntactical purpose with Google.
It meant "give me anything close".
In seeking out a broader (more stupid) clientele,
Google has dumbed down their syntax and the new default is
*show me whatever crap is even remotely close*;
now folks who actually know what they want
are the ones that end up with cluttered, verbose URLs.