A "space" in a search causes ES to forget "AND" searches

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DoodleBug
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A "space" in a search causes ES to forget "AND" searches

Post by DoodleBug »

In the Search dialog - when I type "mango" (a space) and "rocketship" Everything only shows files that have the phrase "mango rocketship" in them, and NOT all file names which contain the string "mango" AND "rocketship" (in whatever order). For some reason Everything doesn't see the "space" as a delimiter but as an absolute must-be-there and in-that-order value.

I would very much like Everything to ignore the space during searches and just return all files found that contain both "mango" and "rocketship" anywhere in their file names.

All help enormously appreciated.
Last edited by DoodleBug on Sat Dec 19, 2015 7:59 pm, edited 2 times in total.
mwsm
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Re: A "space" in a search causes ES to forget "AND" searches

Post by mwsm »

Perhaps you have "Search > Enable Regex" enabled? If so then "mango" (space) "rocketship" would be interpreted as "mango rocketship", as you describe.
therube
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Re: A "space" in a search causes ES to forget "AND" searches

Post by therube »

In Everything 1.4beta, by default (& wrongly IMO), OR has greater precedence then AND.

Everything Options | General -> Search => Operator precedence
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