# Is this an \*\*and\*\* or \*\*or\*\* function?

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**Created:** [May 13, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/is-this-an-and-or-or-function/262585 "2023-05-13T17:34:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/keith/32/56020_2.png) [@keith](https://forum.bubble.io/u/keith)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/is-this-an-and-or-or-function/262585/5 "2023-05-14T00:28:23Z")

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The “OR” operator via-a-via searches is “merged with”:

> [@How to set OR not AND in a repeating group search](http://forum.bubble.io/t/how-to-set-or-not-and-in-a-repeating-group-search/78485/9):
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> As you know, multiple constraints in a Search are logically ANDed together. There are multiple ways to accomplish OR constraints: While what others say above is true – you can do a :filter operation with the Advanced condition (which is one of the few iteration techniques we have in vanilla Bubble) – note that the use of the Advanced condition results in us fetching the entire list in order to process it. (For non-advanced filters, it looks like Bubble understands that the search constraint c…

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