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This article describes how the search system in the Flashpoint Launcher works.

Flashpoint uses docopt parsing: ([-][[(no|not|missing|is|has|<field>):]|[@|#|!]](<phrase>|"<phrase>"))...
A search query can contain any number of phrases (tag:Arcade platform:Flash jump run)
Phrases containing spaces must be wrapped in quotes or will count as separate parameters (developer:"Tom Fulp")
Searches are not case sensitive, can have incomplete names (except tags) and a name backwards (both nana cr and CRASH NANACA will find NANACA†CRASH!!)
Phrases without metadata prefixes are matched against a curation's Title, Alternate Titles, Developer and Publisher. The phrase only has to match one of these fields for the game to be included.

broken: and activeDataOnDisk: are special cases since their values are boolean; for example, broken: without a phrase will display games that are not broken in Infinity while broken:1 (or any other phrase) will search the opposite. You still must enable broken in Infinity (for Infinity users) games in the Launcher to see these. activeDataOnDisk: can be used to filter by GameZIPs.
In 9.0 and prior, extreme: was a boolean value for extreme games; You still must enable extreme games in the Launcher to see these. There is no current replacement.

Prefix	Explanation	Example
-	Excludes a parameter from the search when used before other prefixes.	`-tag:Soccer`
no:	The field that matches the phrase must be false or empty. `not:` and `missing:` have the same purpose.	`no:releaseDate`
has:	The field that matches the phrase must be true or not empty. `is:` has the same purpose.	`is:extreme`
@	Short-hand for `developer:`.	`@Devname`
#	Short-hand for `tag:`.	`#Shooter`
!	Short-hand for `platform:`.	`!Unity`

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 ==Overview==
 * Flashpoint uses [http://docopt.org/ docopt] parsing: <code><nowiki>([-][[(no|not|missing|is|has|<field>):]|[@|#|!]](<phrase>|"<phrase>"))...</nowiki></code>
-* A search query can contain any number of phrases (<code>tag:arcade tag:platformer platform:flash jump run</code>)
+* A search query can contain any number of phrases (<code>tag:Arcade platform:Flash jump run</code>)
-* Phrases containing spaces must be wrapped in quotes or will count as separate parameters (<code>developer:"Firstname Lastname"</code>)
+* Phrases containing spaces must be wrapped in quotes or will count as separate parameters (<code>developer:"Tom Fulp"</code>)
 * Searches are not case sensitive, can have incomplete names (except tags) and a name backwards (both <code>nana cr</code> and <code>CRASH NANACA</code> will find NANACA†CRASH!!)
 * Phrases without metadata prefixes are matched against a curation's Title, Alternate Titles, Developer and Publisher. The phrase only has to match one of these fields for the game to be included.