When using matchWildcards search in Word, the search API results and search box results appear differently

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When using matchWildcards search in Word, the search API results and search box results differently

Your Environment

• Platform [PC desktop, Mac, iOS, Office on the web]: Mac/Pc
• Host [Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.]: Word
• Office version number: __script lab used version
• Operating System: macos/windows

Expected behavior

the text is four _ , i want to serach middle tow __ 's range
set the document text is '____' , now i search '__', the word app(windows/mac) normal search is two results([1,2], [3,4]), when i use advance search, it's tree results([1,2]|[2,3]|[3,4]). and when i search by api like context.document.body.search("__", { matchWildcards: true }), it's two results([1,2][3,4]). i expect it's three results like word app advance search, because i want to find the range concat by second and three _

Current behavior

word search api return two results

Steps to reproduce

1. set document text is '____'
2. search "__" by matchWildcards Word.run(async (context) => { // Construct a wildcard expression and set matchWildcards to true in order to use wildcards. const results: Word.RangeCollection = context.document.body.search("__", { matchWildcards: true }); results.load("length"); await context.sync(); console.log('results', results.items) await context.sync(); })
3. the console print is two results

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[qinliuMSFT]

Thank you for reporting this issue, I can repro it. It has been put on our backlog # 9469034, the team will investigate and we will reply to you as soon as there is any progress. Thank you for your patience.