on 6 different search engines
There are search engines that do allow searching for special characters and symbols. Sadly, my list of these is missing! Maybe a Google for "litteral search engines" might return something?
If you use double quote marks with Google to make phrases, you can substitute a hyphen for an equal sign. I've never seen any search engine that takes any notice of punctuation in a search string beyond %26 for an ampersand.
=3DJG""
from this URL:
it appears the JG could be Toshiba's 2SK208 N-Channel FET does that make sense?
""=JG""
from this URL:
it appears the JG could be Toshiba's 2SK208 N-Channel FET does that make sense?
If it has 6 pins on a SOT23 body
""=JG""
any codesmiths know if this concept can be adapted for searching punctuation etc in HTML text, captured by search engine
" Google can find lots of different things, but at this writing, it can't find special characters in its search results. That's a shame, because special characters can come in handy. The tilde (~), for example, denotes personal web pages.
This hack takes a query from a form, pulls results from Google, and filters the results for the presence of several different special characters in the URL, including the tilde. "
There was a time when the tilde served a syntactical purpose with Google. It meant "give me anything close". In seeking out a broader (more stupid) clientele, Google has dumbed down their syntax and the new default is
*show me whatever crap is even remotely close*; now folks who actually know what they want are the ones that end up with cluttered, verbose URLs.ElectronDepot website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.