Searching documents using a dynamically defined ignore string

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer usable program code for searching a plurality of documents, the code being configured for:

• receiving user input specifying one or more search terms;
• receiving user input specifying an ignore string, wherein the ignore string specifies a string of text to ignore when searching for occurrences of the search terms in the plurality of documents;
• evaluating each of the plurality of documents to identify documents which include an occurrence of at least one of the search terms not occurring within an instance of the ignore string;
• and
• returning an indication of the identified documents as responsive results for display on a graphical display device.

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory containing a program, which when executed by the processor is configured to perform an operation for searching a plurality of documents, the operation comprising:
• receiving user input specifying one or more search terms,
• receiving user input specifying an ignore string, wherein the ignore string specifies a string of text to ignore when searching for occurrences of the search terms in the plurality of documents,
• evaluating each of the plurality of documents to identify documents which include an occurrence of at least one of the search terms not occurring within an instance of the ignore string, and
• returning an indication of the identified documents as responsive results for display on a graphical display device.