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stage: Data Stores
group: Global Search
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source: /doc/user/search/exact_code_search.md
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# Syntax options
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| Query | Exact match mode | Regular expression mode |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- |
| `"foo"` | `"foo"` | `foo` |
| `foo file:^doc/` | `foo` in directories that start with `/doc` | `foo` in directories that start with `/doc` |
| `"class foo"` | `"class foo"` | `class foo` |
| `class foo` | `class foo` | `class` and `foo` |
| `foo or bar` | `foo or bar` | `foo` or `bar` |
| `class Foo` | `class Foo` (case insensitive) | `class` (case insensitive) and `Foo` (case sensitive) |
| `class Foo case:yes` | `class Foo` (case sensitive) | `class` and `Foo` (both case sensitive) |
| `foo -bar` | `foo -bar` | `foo` but not `bar` |
| `foo file:js` | `foo` in files with names that contain `js` | `foo` in files with names that contain `js` |
| `foo -file:test` | `foo` in files with names that do not contain `test` | `foo` in files with names that do not contain `test` |
| `foo lang:ruby` | `foo` in Ruby source code | `foo` in Ruby source code |
| `foo file:\.js$` | `foo` in files with names that end with `.js` | `foo` in files with names that end with `.js` |
| `foo.*bar` | None | `foo.*bar` (regular expression) |
| `sym:foo` | `foo` in symbols like class, method, and variable names | `foo` in symbols like class, method, and variable names |
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