How To Search Properly

[Sandi*]

I've been trying to use the search function here but not very successfully. How do I search for a post that contains several words? For example, I want to search for apples and oranges. But if I type in "apples oranges" it will give me posts that contain either apples or oranges or both. How do I make sure I only get results that contain both words? I was looking for a feature where I could selects something like "contains the entire phrase" or "and" but didn't see it. I can't just type in to search for "apples and oranges" because the search feature doesn't like the fact that "and" only contains three letters.

[happygirl]

Are you using the "google search" function at the top? If you use that search tool, you don't have to worry about the "3" letter rule.

[psawyer]

Connect the two words you want to find together with an ampersand (&), not the word "and."

To find topics with apples and oranges, use the search argument "apples & oranges" - you can connect more than two words this way.

To find topics that mention apples and oranges and the phrase fruit juice, use:

apples & oranges & "fruit juice"

Happy searching.

[Sandi*]

Thank you both so much, I never really tried the google search tool and also didn't know that & would work. I'm gonna go and search the heck out of this forum !