Order of Operation

v301 enables you to create complex queries. Generally speaking, a complex query is any query that employs multiple criteria and two or more Boolean operators. When writing such queries, you can specify the order in which the criteria are evaluated by placing parentheses () around those criteria you want evaluated first, as in writing a formula.

v301 evaluates first criteria or criterion in parentheses. Nesting parentheses causes v301 to evaluate first the criteria or criterion in the inner-most set of parentheses, as in writing a formula.

An example:

/(wheat,corn)%oats

Here, the query returns headlines containing wheat and corn. This query first finds all headlines containing the words “wheat” or “corn,” and then the query eliminates any headlines containing the word “oats.”