Using regular expressions and operators

You can use regular expressions or operators in the SPARQL queries to filter the search.

Regular expressions

Tutorials on how to code SPARQL queries are available on Internet but here is a reminder of the main regular expressions.

Table 1. List of the main regular expressions
Option Description
AR The sequence contains AR
^S The sequence begins with S
O$ The sequence ends with O
D* The sequence contains zero or more occurrences of D
M? The sequence contains zero or one occurrence of M
m.*r The sequence contains M followed by any character and R
m.*r, i The sequence contains M followed by R ignoring case

Operators

You can also use the following operators to express your query:

Table 2. List of the operators
Operator Function
A && B A and B
A UNION B A or B
A=1 A is equal to 1
A != 5 A is different from 5
A < 10 A is less than 10
A > 50 A is greater than 50
A <= 100 A is less than or equal to 100
A >= 500 A is greater than or equal to 500
A >= 5 && A <= 10 A is 5 - 10

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