Using Within (Delimiters)
The w/ proximity operator controls the region within which a match for your query must occur. Metamorph will default to sentence proximity if the query does not specify otherwise. You may place the w/ anywhere in the query.
Here is a list of proximities you may use:
- w/line
- within a line
- w/sent
- within a sentence
- w/para
- within a paragraph
- w/page
- within a page
- w/N
- within N characters
- w/REX
- within a regular expression
Expression Locates
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power factor Power AND Factor within the same sentence
(default)
john marsha w/line John AND Marsha occurring on the same line
#>million pounds w/100 A quantity larger than 1000000 AND pounds
occurring within 100 characters of each other
john marsha w/[^()]{1,80} John AND Marsha within parenthesis or 80
characters whichever is first.
notes:
We have only touched lightly on the available proximity operations here. A more detailed explanation can be found within the Metamorph and Texis manuals.