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stage: Data Stores
group: Global Search
info: "To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments"
source: /doc/user/search/exact_code_search.md
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# Search tips
| Query | Description |
| -------------------- |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `foo` | Returns files that contain `foo` |
| `"class foo"` | Returns files that contain the exact string `class foo` |
| `class foo` | Returns files that contain both `class` and `foo` |
| `foo or bar` | Returns files that contain either `foo` or `bar` |
| `class Foo` | Returns files that contain `class` (case insensitive) and `Foo` (case sensitive) |
| `class Foo case:yes` | Returns files that contain `class` and `Foo` (both case sensitive) |
| `foo -bar` | Returns files that contain `foo` but not `bar` |
| `foo file:js` | Searches for `foo` in files with names that contain `js` |
| `foo -file:test` | Searches for `foo` in files with names that do not contain `test` |
| `foo lang:ruby` | Searches for `foo` in Ruby source code |
| `foo f:\.js$` | Searches for `foo` in files with names that end with `.js` |
| `foo.*bar` | Searches for strings that match the regular expression `foo.*bar` |
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