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Yolo
Unknown Nation
#1 - 2014-03-12 17:15:20 UTC
We need better searches.

When I started out, I was YOLO. It was ME and nobody freaking else.
Now 10+ years later, there are freaking THOUSANDS of them.

I know I can search for Yolo$ to declare the end of the word. But I am unable to find a matching beginning of the line so it will be easier to find ME.

Damn all these Swaggers.

- since 2003, bitches
Danika Princip
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#2 - 2014-03-12 22:49:59 UTC
Supported. I'm sick of trying to contract stuff to my alt and having to go through the bloody 'which one did you mean?' thing every time.
Rowells
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2014-03-12 23:10:53 UTC
as it turns out, even a name i thought was uncommon now has about 30+ people riding on it.
Systemlord Rah
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2014-03-12 23:16:29 UTC
i agree
Capt Fuga
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#5 - 2014-03-13 18:13:45 UTC
Totally agree. So annoying to search when you type a name in exactly as it is.
Yolo
Unknown Nation
#6 - 2014-03-18 18:26:32 UTC
I finaly found it today by accident

| declares the beginning of the string.
$ declares the end of the string.

So search for |Yolo$ will return me as the first result.


Go out there and show the mortals your regex skills.

- since 2003, bitches
Tarsas Phage
Sniggerdly
#7 - 2014-03-18 19:25:00 UTC
Yolo wrote:
I finaly found it today by accident

| declares the beginning of the string.
$ declares the end of the string.

So search for |Yolo$ will return me as the first result.


Go out there and show the mortals your regex skills.


Wow, wasn't aware of that (terrible that | instead of ^ marks the beginning of the string. Wouldn't have figured that one out)
Yolo
Unknown Nation
#8 - 2014-03-20 08:16:15 UTC
Tarsas Phage wrote:
Yolo wrote:
I finaly found it today by accident

| declares the beginning of the string.
$ declares the end of the string.

So search for |Yolo$ will return me as the first result.


Go out there and show the mortals your regex skills.


Wow, wasn't aware of that (terrible that | instead of ^ marks the beginning of the string. Wouldn't have figured that one out)


Yeah, I'v tried with ^ in the past ,which causes a error. So this was purely accidental.
I think it is a marking for beginning of a word and not the beginning of the String, because I get all Yolo's but I get the best match first (me).

- since 2003, bitches