Question

What is wildcards characters?​

Answer 1

• ɪɴ sᴏғᴛᴡᴀʀᴇ, ᴀ ᴡɪʟᴅᴄᴀʀᴅ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴀ ᴋɪɴᴅ ᴏғ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇʜᴏʟᴅᴇʀ ʀᴇᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴀ sɪɴɢʟᴇ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ, sᴜᴄʜ ᴀs ᴀɴ ᴀsᴛᴇʀɪsᴋ, ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴘʀᴇᴛᴇᴅ ᴀs ᴀ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ ᴏғ ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀs ᴏʀ ᴀɴ ᴇᴍᴘᴛʏ sᴛʀɪɴɢ. ɪᴛ ɪs ᴏғᴛᴇɴ ᴜsᴇᴅ ɪɴ ғɪʟᴇ sᴇᴀʀᴄʜᴇs sᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴜʟʟ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇ ᴛʏᴘᴇᴅ.♡

Answer 2

Answer:

In software, a wildcard character is a kind of placeholder represented by a single character, such as an asterisk, which can be interpreted as a number of literal characters or an empty string. It is often used in file searches so the full name need not be typed