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A wildcard is a special character that denotes that all characters in a specific list should be used in

the position of the wildcard character. Simply place one of the following wildcard characters

anywhere in the pattern to have Domain Name Pro check the domain name with all possibilities:

X

Any valid character (a z, 0 9,    )

Y

Any valid alphanumeric character (a z, 0 9, not    )

A

Any alphabetical character (a z)

C

Any consonant alphabetical character (b, c, d, f, ... z)

V

Any vowel alphabetical character (a, e, i, o ,u)

N

Any numeric character (0 9) 

Note that wildcard characters are in UPPER case to distinguish them from normal characters in the

domain name.

Optional parts in the pattern are enclosed in parentheses ( ). The domain name generated will be

tried both with and without the optional parts. Thus an optional "ing" in the domain name can be

specified as (ing), and an optional wildcard of any character can be specified as (X).

Alternative parts in the pattern are enclosed in square brackets [ ] and separated by a forward

slash /.

Example 1

The pattern [jump/walk/surf]([s/er/ed/ing]) would generate

domain names such as jump, walk, surf, jumps, jumper,

jumped, jumping, walks, walker, and so on.

Example 2

The pattern search "CVCV" would generate the domain

names baba, babe, babi, babo, babu, baca, bace, and so

on.

How to Perform a Pattern Search

The following steps are involved in performing a pattern search:

1.

Select one or more domains to search (or select none to simply see the domain names

that will be generated).

2.

Enter or 

load

 the search pattern, and use wildcards, alternative parts, or optional parts

where appropriate.

3.

Change any of the general search options, such as use of 

hyphens

, 

Net Speak

 ,

acronyms

 or the maximum number of words, maximum length, or maximum number of

results.

4.

Click the Search! button.

An example pattern search:

The results of an example pattern search are shown in the following screen shot.

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