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How do I search for "i++"?

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I once wrote this post here: Why can't we mix increment operators like i++ with other operators?

When using Codidact search looking for that post, I tried to type i++ in the search but it didn't like that syntax. Then I tried "i++" but then the search gave no results. How should I search for the above post title using i++ as search key?

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It looks like the answer is "you don't", unfortunately. Because of how our search system works, the "+" character is always treated as an operator. Not that it matters, because non-word characters aren't actually considered part of the index at all - just the words.

While this works for most Q&A pretty well, it's not as good for technical content that includes a lot of symbols (like code snippets, or equations). We could look at whether it's possible to offer other query modes that would work better for this kind of content — I haven't looked into that at all yet, so I don't know how possible it would be.

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