How does the search bar work exactly?

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afscstagiaire is building a forum for school teachers involved in non-profit programs and wants to implement a search functionality to connect teachers based on shared characteristics. They propose an “Introduce Yourself” category and a “Search for Peers” category, but require the search bar to return results that include some, but not necessarily all, of the entered parameters. They ask three specific questions about the search bar’s capabilities:

  • Can it return results with some, but not all, words in the prompt?
  • Can it search users’ “about me” profile sections?
  • Is there a simpler solution for a “search for peers” functionality?
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Hey!
I’m building a forum for the school teachers involved in our non-profits programmes. Many of them have requested to be put into contact with other teachers sharing the same location/type of project/subject/grade of students taught etc…

The simplest option I could think of was to have an “Introduce Yourself” category where the users would introduce themselves using the parameters I listed above. In order to search for a peer they would first use the search bar and enter the desired parameters and if they don’t find anything they could post an ad in the “Search for Peers” category using the desired parameters.

Although simple on my end, this solution is not simple for the users but I think it’s doable. At one condition : that the search bar can return results for topics that include some but not necessarily all words in the prompt.

I’ve been having a hard time looking for documentation on the search bar.
For clarity here are my questions :

Can the search bar return results for topics that include some but not necessarily all words in the prompt ?

Can the search bar return results from users about me section of their profile?

Do you have a better/simpler idea than this for a search for peers functionality?

Thanks for your time and sorry for being a little bit off topic.

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