Exact match search?

[Jamie1]

Hey all,

Is there no way to an do an exact match search? As you can see from this screenshot, searching “forms” also returns the word ‘platform’ which is not an exact match

I found a thread asking this question that’s from early 2018. I’m hoping 3 years on that maybe this is now supported, but I’m doing it wrong?!

Item finder: How to search for an exact word?

Hi, I’m testing the new “item finder”. I liked the feature and concept, but I couldn’t find out how to search for an exact word. For instance, in the following examples I’m searching using the word “test” (with and without quotation marks). a) Test (without quotation marks): Mixed good and bad results (see snapshot) [screenshot_2018-02-13_n02] b) “Test” (with quotation marks): All bad results (see snapshot) [screenshot_2018-02-13_n03] How to search for an exact word, in order the bad re…

[Jamie1]

I assume not!

[pottster]

Regex support would be nice. Especially, since it’s available in Obsidian.

[George_Orr]

In most cases I can search for " forms" or " forms " to get what I want, but this doesn’t work if the search phrase begins or ends a line. I too wish that there was a “whole word” or “whole phrase” search option that would only include results that began and ended at word boundaries (spaces or line feeds).

[George_Orr]

I agree wholeheartedly. Regular expressions are too complicated for most users, but for those who care to learn, they can solve lots of problems, and tools like RegEx Magic can make creating them much easier.

[BigChungus]

I know it’s the ‘smartass’ answer but Export > Plain Text, paste to text editor with regex support, do your wizardry, paste back into dynalist.