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Asked: June 8, 20262026-06-08T09:57:00+00:00 2026-06-08T09:57:00+00:00

For example, searching for the word cat, I would want to match words with

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For example, searching for the word cat, I would want to match words with #*cat*. I already have the hash tag indexing setup, and I have sphinx setup for star searches.

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    2026-06-08T09:57:02+00:00Added an answer on June 8, 2026 at 9:57 am

    Its not well documented and I’ve never tried it myself, but a post here:
    http://sphinxsearch.com/forum/view.html?id=9847

    from a Sphinx developer, suggests that using a plain index, and dict=keywords, would allow wildcard, so could search

    #%cat*
    

    For some reason % seems to be used as the wildcard in the middle of a string.

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