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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0019453MMW 5Playlists (Auto) / Search / Filterspublic2023-10-27 14:34
ReporterLudek Assigned To 
PriorityurgentSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status feedbackResolutionopen 
Product Version5.0.4 
Target Version5.1.1 
Summary0019453: Unify behaviour re quoted strings searching re single word versus multiple words
DescriptionMoving from 0019436:

There is currently inconsistency when quoted strings are used for single word or multiple words.
e.g.
"be" finds "Let it be" , but does not find "The Best Of" --> this is correct according to the tooltip "Foo" finds whole words (and the original Jiri's suggestion 0015131 )
BUT
"the be" finds both "The Best Of" and "The Beatles" --> this is also correct according to the tooltip "foo bar" finds matches including phrase foo bar (e.g. foo barman)

I found this as incosistency and IMO the tooltip and the behavior should be changed so that only whole words are _always_ searched when quoted.

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related to 0019436 closedLudek Quoted search do not work correctly. 
related to 0015131 closedLudek Search whole words only when in double quotes 

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barrym

2022-10-10 13:48

updater   ~0069746

I think that this is an unnecessary complication.
Search is configured by a global setting which includes options "Match beginning of words" or "Match whole words only"
Why would want to create an exception for quoted criteria. That just makes MM5 harder to learn and understand IMO"
Your example where someone searches for "be" seems artificial. ... Is anyone likely to do that?
More likely someone would be search for something where they are not sure of the spelling. eg. Rachmaninov .. or is it Rachmaninoff ?

There doesn't seem any good reason why "rachm" works differently to rachm ... when Search is configured to "match beginning of words"
Especially when "sergei rachm" works exactly the same as sergei rachm