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Posted: **11 Sep 2005 20:18**

I have got fuzzy search set in Configuration to 25%.

When I search for "killer" (without the quoatation marks) I can not locate a folder or the file inside called DoubleKiller in C:\Program Files.

If I remove fuzzy searching then I can find it.

Why is this?

All other boxes (including Full Words) are set to OFF with the exception of Include Subfolders.

Posted: **12 Sep 2005 11:42**

25% fuzziness = 75% minimum similarity.
"killer" is less than 75% similar to DoubleKiller.

Posted: **13 Sep 2005 16:04**

admin wrote:25% fuzziness = 75% minimum similarity.
"killer" is less than 75% similar to DoubleKiller.

Oh Jeeze - I have been using the fuzzy setting in a quite different way. :-(

I thought that TV3 would always find a substring and that if I put fuzzy on then the substring would not have to be a 100% exact match.

Posted: **13 Sep 2005 17:45**

Well, RTFM!

Especially note that fuzzy cannot not be combined with wildcards! It's either/or. When the search term contains wildcards fuzzy search is turned off. In code:

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        If hasWildcards Then
          fFuzzy = False
          fWholeWords = False
        End If

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