Logos gives an "Unexpected operator" error on a search it constructed

I was trying to construct a search that would find all occurrences of the phrase "answered prayers" that were near either "Bible" or "Scripture". How would you do that?

I tried "answered prayers" NEAR (Bible, Scripture) but I got an error message:

So then I tried ("answered prayers" NEAR Bible), ("answered prayers" NEAR Scripture) but I got another error:

Finally I tried letting Logos construct the search for me, using the search template "Either Term: This or That" and typing "answered prayers" NEAR Bible in the top box and "answered prayers" NEAR Scripture in the bottom.

The search Logos constructed has extra unmatched " marks in it.

And again it resulted in an error.

How would you do this search? And were any of those error messages (especially the last one) unexpected?

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Graham Criddle

I tried "answered prayers" NEAR (Bible, Scripture) but I got an error message:

This is because the comma is no longer recognised as an OR replacement

"answered prayers" NEAR (Bible OR Scripture) would do it for you.

Bradley commented on this when I raised a similar question at https://community.logos.com/forums/p/211604/1233220.aspx#1233220

Rosie Perera

I tried "answered prayers" NEAR (Bible, Scripture) but I got an error message:

This is because the comma is no longer recognised as an OR replacement

"answered prayers" NEAR (Bible OR Scripture) would do it for you.

Bradley commented on this when I raised a similar question at https://community.logos.com/forums/p/211604/1233220.aspx#1233220

Thanks. That still doesn't answer why Logos generated a search text that produced an error. What is that third error griping about, and how should the third search have been constructed instead? Parentheses around both terms to either side of the OR? Is it a bug that Logos didn't generate the search text correctly, such that it produced an error?

MJ. Smith

The template is designed for entering a word or phrase as it states. When you enter a search argument, the syntax may or may not be valid.