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BorgCymru
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28 March, 2012, 20:38
why is it 4 letters
I was trying to look for a FN FAL and can't because it said there was not enough letters in the search box.
I notice a lot of guns have 2 or 3 letters/numbers in their names.
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28 March, 2012, 20:57
Re: search limitations
As a forum grows it adds words to a database in order to speed up searches. If it included three letter words the database would fill up the internet overnight. Well, it would slow the forum down to a crawl at least.
What people probably need to do is add a suffix to a gun's keyword when posting a thread.
"For sale: Marui M16 M16AAA"
It'll never happen though.
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28 March, 2012, 21:29
Re: search limitations
or you could search for FN* instead of FN - the star tells it to try substituting other letters (including none) for results. your words have to be 3 letters long, but if less you can make it up to 3 with *s. - EDIT two stars not one ... needs to be 4 letters
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7 April, 2012, 22:04
Re: search limitations
crazy. How would you search this advert out then
G&G M14 EBR DMR Spec
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7 April, 2012, 22:08
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Yeah, it's 'crazy' but no forum if you can search for three letters. This place struggles as it is.
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8 April, 2012, 06:58
Re: search limitations
M16***
g&g***m14***ebr***dmr***
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10 April, 2012, 10:01
Re: search limitations
You can put them at the beginning and in the middle too.
So:
M*4** would return M4's, M4A1's and M14's etc.
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