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      <h1>Search help</h1>
        <p>You can use pkg.go.dev to search for packages and for symbols in packages. Follow the suggestions below to discover what you're looking for.</p>
        <h2>Searching by package</h2>
        <p>You can search for packages in which the search text occurs in the package name, package path, synopsis, or README.</p>
        <p>Results are grouped by module, displaying the most relevant package in each module.</p>
        <p>You can also search for a package by its full or partial import path.</p>
        <p>If the package path you specified is complete enough, matching a full package import path, you will be brought directly to the details page for the latest version of that package.</p>
        <h2>Searching by symbol</h2>
        <p>You can also search for a symbol by name across all packages. A symbol is a constant, variable, function, type, field, or method.</p>
        <p>Searching by symbol will return a list of packages containing the symbol you specify. You can search by the following:</p>
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          <li>Full symbol name, such as <a href="/search?m=symbol&q=DB">"DB"</a></li>
          <li>Package and symbol name, separated by a dot, such as <a href="/search?m=symbol&q=sql.DB">"sql.DB"</a></li>
          <li>Package path and symbol name (indicated by the # prefix), such as <a href="/search?m=symbol&q=x%2Ftools+package">x/tools #package</a></li>
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