Using Wildcards

Topic phrases can include wildcards to represent specific phrases, characters, or words.

Wildcards are symbols that represent the data you are looking for. For example, a zip code is represented by [zipcode].

SMART supports two types of wildcards

Wildcards give you greater flexibility in defining phrases, because they allow you to include general types of content within a phrase.

The following wildcards are supported for the languages represented in the table:

Wildcard Description American English Latin American Spanish European Spanish UK English European French German Brazilian Portuguese Catalan Austrailian English
[*] General Wildcard x x x x x x x x x
[abn] Australian Business Number x
[alphanum] Any alphanumeric string x x x x x x x x x
[boolean] Affirmation/Negation x x x x x x x x x
[ccexpdate] Credit card expiry date x x x x x x x x
[creditcard] Type of credit card and credit card number (optional) x x x x x x x x
[crn] Customer Reference Number x
[currency] Type of currency x x x x x x x x
[date] Date x x x x x x x x
[national_insurance] National Insurance Number x
[number] Any number x x x x x x x x
[phone] Phone Number x x x x x x x x
[postcode] Postal Code Number x x x x
[socialsecurity] Social Security number x x
[time] Time x x x x x x x x
[zipcode] Zip code x x x


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