Hi,
Anyone know if Logos has "exclusive or" function for a search? I don't see it included in the boolean expressions unless I missed something. For instance, search for verses where Jesus is referenced by Jesus or Christ but not both.
Thanks, Ken
The simple XOR operation doesn't exist, but you can construct it using ((x OR y) ANDNOT (x AND y))
There isn't one, sorry. The closest I could come up with quickly is (Jesus, Christ) ANDNOT (Jesus WITHIN 1 WORD Christ), although the first result might be considered a false positive. It's not perfect, because it would exclude verses like Romans 8:11 "If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you." I presume the first result from that verse should be found, but my search wouldn't find it.
Thanks for the workarounds. Hopefully they will include one at sometime. It shouldn't be too hard to add. The workarounds get pretty long when you search exclusively for the fruit of the Spirit
I needed this search command this week as well when working in the SBL GNT. I managed to get close to it by using (term OR term) NOT (term AND term).
I managed to get close to it by using (term OR term) NOT (term AND term).
Just close????
I need to try the search with the NA28 and compare it with an XOR search in another tool on the NA28 and see if it's identical. If so, then might have been what I ran on the SBL GNT.
Truth tables should establish that they are identical. The definition of XOR is "either A or B but not both".
I think it's working now. I had a tiny typo in one of my words. :-)
