Page 2 of search results - strips leading 'P' character

HerrMetal

Just noticed a bug in the search function. I haven't tested exhaustively but it happens for me logged in or out, Chrome or Firefox.

To recreate I do this.

Search for example  'Arbiter'. This gives two pages of results and you can reach the second page by clicking on the '2'.  Now I try searching for 'Precision'.  Multiple pages of results ..click on the '2' and it states no results for 'recision'. It drops the 'P'.  Also fails in the same way searching for 'Playstation' . It wants to look for a 'laystation' which sounds like it should be something interesting. I haven't tested every leading character but it's certainly not happy with a leading P it appears. 'O' and 'Q' search terms either side of 'P' work fine.

edit - thinking about it I suppose 'P' is used to denote the page number of the results in the resulting URL

GoldenEraGuitars

That sounds like a ain in the ass

digitalscream

Yes, it's a weird-ass bug that I've been trying to track down for about four years. If I figure it out, I'll let you know...

HerrMetal

It was issing me off I can tell you.

HerrMetal

digitalscream said:

Yes, it's a weird-ass bug that I've been trying to track down for about four years. If I figure it out, I'll let you know...

Thanks. erfect answer.

HerrMetal

Just to add I tried it on my phone (Android/Chrome) and searches beginning with P work fine on that platform so I guess I have a workaround.

ICBM

An easier workaround is to put a space before the p.

Kittyfrisk

Hope he never gets to searching Page 3... the stripping there is serious.