How can I search for C#?

splicer99

What is the method I can use to search for C# classes? I found an old thread on here related to this but the links were dead and it didnt provide me any help.

bcb

You cannot.
Admins will say: use google.

mariones

hmmm, seems you can only type "c sharp" or "csharp" here.

qwertzy

Use Google with a query such as this one:
site: sanet.st c#

rayjimmy

Certain searches are not permitted at sanet and I believe rightly so. Without delving into the exact reason, lets consider these characters create additional headache for webmaster, admins and all concerned - its a problem of technology vs. usability in the real world.
To bypass these, you need a search engine manipulator which will let you configure and help users search for "illegal" characters - just like google or in a smaller scale sharepoint ([Login to see the link]).
Difficult Solution 1
For SPS and other linux based search engines, you need to spend a lot (think millions) and redirect to search sanet.
Difficult Solution 2
Some sites also do mirroring of sanet. They are unreliable and often host unwanted stuff that may pop up to pop you.
Easy Solution
Google already does it. Just go to google and point at sanet.
Your query should look similar to
c# site:sanet.st
This is just an example and you can modify the query to suit your purpose.

splicer99

rayjimmy
Wow, thank you for the excellent information. You have helped me greatly, thank you! Now I can search 1337x as well this way! Google certainly does a better search than most sites' search engines 😅 Valuable information like this should be 'stickied' or posted somewhere imo.

silversurfer

We've introduced a new search feature during our last site update (the one with the UI change (2 columns each row instead of only 1 column).
Registered and logged in users can now search for "C#" or similar 2 characters long terms.
Please use the "advanced search" for this.
Enter your short term in the field "Wildcard" and start your search.

The result:

In addition you can now search for terms beginning with a few characters link searching for "finan".
This will find words beginning with "finan" like "Finance", "Financial" or "Financially".