Daveying -- If there is a wildcard operator that allows you to specify the first part of a string, I am not aware of it. However, I'm not an expert on search queries, so there might be a way.
-Ben On Apr 25, 10:35 am, daveying99 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am using the google ajax rest api and I'd like to get local results > by prefix. For example: > I type in "sta" and I get "starbucks". > > I wonder if there is a documented or undocumented wildcard operator > that that allows you to find results that start with a string. > > Google does have a wildcard operator but it works on a word-by-word > basis. > > Like this: starbucks * => starbucks coffee > > List of Google Search > Operators:http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13... > > Thank you. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-AJAX-Search-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
