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I'm trying to search for a* and a\* and a-star on the ACM portal but its not finding anything on A* path finding algorithms

If I search for search strategies you get as the third hit an article with A* in its title, and other search keys give you yet more articles with A* in their title, but I need a way to SEARCH FOR A* IN THE TITLE!!

edited Nov 15 at 23:21

Arjan van Bentem
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asked Nov 15 at 23:17

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good question.. – Paul Nathan Nov 17 at 15:48

~quack · Answer 1 · 2009-11-16 01:57:46Z

Most website search forms do not handle special characters well; this is probably a limitation of the search implementation. If you haven't done so already, use the Feedback link on the ACM portal's search results page to report the problem.

Lawand · Answer 2 · 2009-11-17 12:32:52Z

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The algorithm is pronounced "A Star", so have you tried searching for "A Star" instead of "A*"?

answered Nov 17 at 12:32

Lawand
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only works if they've spelled it A Star. won't match the string literal A* without a really special search algorithm. – ~quack Nov 17 at 13:09

searching for A* on ACM

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