Simple eclipse search problem

Question

I use the eclipse File Search option very much to search all files in my workspace for a certain content. But how do I specify that it should only return hits from a fixed search criteria? As an example I would like to find all occurrences of the string:

com.mystuff.data

but I also get all the hits for:

com.mystuff.data.ui

How do I make a "this-string-only-search" when searching files in my workspace??

Answer 1

If I understand you correctly, Eclipse don't provide option to search exact word. You can use regular expression for it.
You can use \bSearchKeyword\b to find exact word.

Answer 2

I suggest that you use regular expressions.

Here are the steps:

1. Select the checkbox "Regular expression" which is located beside the "Containing text" field.
2. In the "Containing text" field write: com.mystuff.data\D\W

Note that:

• \D means "no digit"
• \W means "no alphanumeric"
• In case you would like to refine the regular expression, click Ctrl-SPACE, in order to get the regular expression assistance.

Hope this helps.

Best regards