Searching Dialog: Order of Execution of Operators
Scope
Dialog's search-and-retrieval software has rules for the order of execution of operators.
This ensures that consistent results are produced when the searcher understands the functioning of Dialog commands and operators.
Order of Execution
1. Anything in parentheses
( )
(parenthetical phrases)
2. (
w
), (
n
), (
s
)
,
(l
), or (
f
) (proximity operators)
3.
not
4.
and
5.
or
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