h1. Wildcards Wildcard characters are special characters that are interpreted when comparing text. There are three meaningful wildcard characters: ? - matches a single character * - matches everything (including nothing) & - matches a whole word if used alone For example the expression "t*s a *?t" matches the string "this is a text" If & is not used alone it matches the plain text '&' character "test &" matches "test this" or "test that" "test &his" matches only "test &his" "test thi&" matches only "test thi&" "test th&s" matches only "test th&s"