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==== <code>insource:</code> ==== {{shortcut|H:INSOURCE}} {{anchor|insource}} This can find template arguments, URLs, links, html, etc. It has two forms, one is an indexed search, and the other is [[Help:Searching/Regex|regex-based]]. {{clear}} {|class="wikitable" |- ! Query ! Description |- | {{kbd|insource:{{var|word}}}}<br />{{kbd|insource:"{{var|word1 word2}}"}} | Like word searches and exact-phrase searches, non-alphanumeric characters are ignored, and proximity and fuzziness are options. |- | {{kbd|insource:/{{var|regexp}}/}}<br />{{kbd|insource:/{{var|regexp}}/i}} | These are [[Help:Searching/Regex|regular expressions]]. They use a lot of processing power, so we can only allow a few at a time on the search cluster, but they are very powerful. The version with the extra <code>i</code> runs the expression case-insensitive, and is even less efficient. Regex searches are likely to time out unless you further limit the search in some way, such as by including another parameter or a search term outside of the insource component of the search string. (For example, {{kbd|X* intitle:/X/}} to restrict the search to initial position.) {{crossref|pw=y|For more details, see [[mw:Help:CirrusSearch#Regular expression searches]].}} |}
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