> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://sugoi.gitbook.io/lanraragi/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://sugoi.gitbook.io/lanraragi/basic-operations/searching.md).

# Searching the Archive Index

The search bar in LANraragi tries to not be too dumb and will actively suggest tags to you as you type.

![Search suggestions](/files/Kdc6QFhRb93wPz55QOPi)

If you want to queue multiple terms/tags, you have to use **commas** to separate them, much like how tags are entered in the metadata field when editing an archive.\
You can mix both tags and a specific title in a search if you want.\
You can search for galleries with a specific number of pages with `pages:20`, or with a page range: `pages:>20, pages:<=30`.\
You can also search for galleries with a specific number of pages read with similar syntax, `read:20`, or with a range: `read:>20, read:<=30`.

You can also use the following special characters in a search:

**Quotation Marks ("...")**\
Exact string search. Everything placed inside a pair of quotation marks is treated as a singular term. Wildcard characters are still interpreted as wildcards.

**Question Mark (?), Underscore (\_)**\
Wildcard. Can match any single character.

**Asterisk (\*), Percentage Sign (%)**\
Wildcard. Can match any sequence of characters (including none).

**Subtraction Sign (-)**\
Exclusion. When placed before a term, prevents search results from including that term.

**Dollar Sign ($)**\
Add at the end of a tag to perform an exact tag search rather than displaying all elements that start with the term. Can be used as an exclusion to ignore misc tags in the search query.

{% hint style="info" %}
When you open the Web Reader from a set of search results, you can read through the entire result set without leaving the Reader!\
Simply proceeding to the next page at the end of an Archive will automatically load the next one.

You can also go between Archives in the search set with the "," and "." keys.
{% endhint %}