{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mvysny/aedict/issues/441","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mvysny/aedict/issues/441/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mvysny/aedict/issues/441/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mvysny/aedict/issues/441/events","html_url":"https://github.com/mvysny/aedict/issues/441","id":61469120,"number":441,"title":"Allow Wildcards in Searches","user":{"login":"GoogleCodeExporter","id":9614759,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9614759?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/GoogleCodeExporter","html_url":"https://github.com/GoogleCodeExporter","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/GoogleCodeExporter/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/GoogleCodeExporter/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/GoogleCodeExporter/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/GoogleCodeExporter/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/GoogleCodeExporter/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/GoogleCodeExporter/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/GoogleCodeExporter/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/GoogleCodeExporter/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/GoogleCodeExporter/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mvysny/aedict/labels/enhancement","name":"enhancement","color":"84b6eb"}],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":13,"created_at":"2015-03-14T07:03:34Z","updated_at":"2015-09-17T15:04:45Z","closed_at":"2015-09-17T15:04:45Z","body":"```\nI used to own a Dell Axim running Windows mobile that had an incredibly \npowerful J-E dictionary. What made it so powerful, aside from its massive size, \nwas the ability to include wildcards in searches. '?' represented 1 character,  \nwhile '*' represented 0 or more characters. \n\nA search for 'た?り' would pull up 'たより', 'たまり', 'たもり', \netc...\nSimilarly, searching 'た*り' pulls up all of the above,  plus many others, \nincluding 'たっぷり', 'たり', 'たんまり', 'たちまわり', etc...\n\nI know the \"Jishou\" app provides limited '*' wildcard searches,  and that the \n\"Akebi\" app provides unfortunately inconsistent wildcard searches using both  \n'*' and  '?'.\n\nIn Aedict, this type of search would be most useful when conducting \"exact\" \nsearches.  You could replicate your \"begins with\" and \"ends with\" search \nfunctionality by placing an asterisk at the end or beginning respectively, \noffering the potential to remove some clutter from the interface. \n\nI don't know if your databases could support such a search or how difficult it \nwould be to code, but if you could pull it off,  Aedict would remain \npermanently unbeatable.\n```\n\nOriginal issue reported on code.google.com by `jebj...@gmail.com` on 8 Mar 2015 at 2:40"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mvysny/aedict/issues/comments/141115215","html_url":"https://github.com/mvysny/aedict/issues/441#issuecomment-141115215","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mvysny/aedict/issues/441","id":141115215,"user":{"login":"mvysny","id":254091,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/254091?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/mvysny","html_url":"https://github.com/mvysny","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mvysny/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mvysny/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mvysny/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mvysny/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mvysny/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mvysny/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mvysny/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mvysny/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mvysny/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-09-17T15:04:45Z","updated_at":"2015-09-17T15:04:45Z","body":"Implemented in Aedict 3.37"}}