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| - | |% |Find any (or no) characters| **%International** finds all records whose name starts with anything but finishes with International.\\ **International%** finds all records whose name starts with Internationalbut | + | |% |Find any (or no) characters| **%International** finds all records whose name starts with anything but finishes with International.\\ **International%** finds all records whose name starts with International but finishes with anything.| |
| |? |Finds a single unknown character | **SM?THJ** finds John Smith, James Smith, John Smyth and Jane Smith.| | |? |Finds a single unknown character | **SM?THJ** finds John Smith, James Smith, John Smyth and Jane Smith.| | ||
| |* |Finds one or more unknown character(s) | **SM*THJ** finds John Smith, James Smith, John Smyth, Jane Smith and Jane Smeath\\ Enter * on its own to display all the items in the database| | |* |Finds one or more unknown character(s) | **SM*THJ** finds John Smith, James Smith, John Smyth, Jane Smith and Jane Smeath\\ Enter * on its own to display all the items in the database| | ||
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