| 摘要 |
A method and system for combining prefix and first character search methods. The present invention provides a combined search method for searching for elements in a list. The combined search method maintains a user input buffer that contains a plurality of search characters. The combined search method searches for a particular list element in a list, where each list element is a sequence of characters. That is, the combined search method searches for a list element whose prefix matches the search characters in the user input buffer. If each of the search characters in the user input buffer is the same, the combined search method also searches for a list element whose first character matches a search character in the user input buffer. If one list element is found, the combined search method selects that list element. If two list elements are found, the combined search method selects one of the two list elements based on its proximity to a predetermined list element.
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