Search cannot properly handle AND relationships

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Steps to reproduce

Create a new file with this content.

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#searchtest1 

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#searchtest2 

DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT DUMMY CONTENT 
#searchtest1 #searchtest2

In search bar, type #searchtest1 #searchtest2 or tag:#searchtest1 tag:#searchtest2

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Y

Expected result

One result, which is #searchtest1 #searchtest2

Actual result

4 results

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Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.8.9
Installer version: v1.8.9
Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 23.6.0: Mon Jul 29 21:13:00 PDT 2024; root:xnu-10063.141.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64 23.6.0
Login status: not logged in
Language: en
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Base theme: light
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 1
Restricted mode: on

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Additional information

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There is no bug here.

The query #searchtest1 #searchtest2 means “Finds all notes that contains both strings #searchtest1 and #searchtest2 in any place within their title and their content”.

There is no point in your query where you specify that the two strings need to be contiguous or on the same line.

The answer to your problem is in the docs, and is probably the line: operator.

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Okay, I tested the line: operator, and indeed it works. Thanks for clearifying.