numpty google question

[javacoder]

I wish to search google for "@override" : but it insists on removing the @.

How can I do a search for exactly that string?

Ta.

[DimPrawn]

I wish to search google for "@override" : but it insists on removing the @.

How can I do a search for exactly that string?

Ta.

Stick it in double quotes

"@override"

[javacoder]

Stick it in double quotes

"@override"

Cheers for the reply. I just tried that and clicked on the first 4 or 5 pages that google bought back. Thjen I did edit->find on page. None had @override in.

What am I doing wrong?

[TheFaQQer]

@ is ignored by google, it seems.

Try searching just for @ and you get no pages found...

Linky.

[DimPrawn]

Try adding Java too:

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...erride%22+java

[javacoder]

Try adding Java too:

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...erride%22+java

Many thanks! That finds me the defintion of @override which was what I was looking for!

Interestingly though the first link from google does not contain @override. I am interested (for a purely nerdy point of view) if I can get google to match the exact string? Is it impossible?

Really appreciate the replies so far. I can see that the more posts a user has the better they are.

[BrilloPad]

Many thanks! That finds me the defintion of @override which was what I was looking for!

Interestingly though the first link from google does not contain @override. I am interested (for a purely nerdy point of view) if I can get google to match the exact string? Is it impossible?

Really appreciate the replies so far. I can see that the more posts a user has the better they are.

http://forums.contractoruk.com/members/atw.html

HTH

[DaveB]

Really appreciate the replies so far. I can see that the more posts a user has the better they are.

*Has a keyboard / coffee interface moment*

[NickFitz]

It looks like they ignore:

! ? , . ; [ ] @ / # < > .

except under certain circumstances (e.g. it recognises that "[email protected]" looks like an email address)

[PRC1964]

It's worth searching for atoverride too as some sites will include that to get around Google.