# Additional Tools

### Expansion

The Expander is the character <mark style="color:yellow;">`*`</mark> placed after a Ticker, or a Function.\
It will select all tickers or functions that follow the pattern provided.

```
Transfer volume of all usd pegged assets.
[USD*]A TFV G 180D
```

### Exclusion

If the User wants to exclude a ticker from the query, he can use the character `^` in front of the ticker.

```
Mint for all stablecoins excluding USDT.
[STB]SEC [^USDT]A MINT G 180D
```

Additionally, the exclusion can be used as a pattern as well by using the `*` character.

```
Price of all assets in the stable coin sector
excluding usd pegged assets.
[STB]SEC [^USD*]A P G 180D
```

### Separator

When the User wants to perform multiple queries from the command line,  the vertical line <mark style="color:yellow;">`|`</mark> as a separator can be used.

```
Ether price percentage change compared to 
Uniswapv2 transaction count and number of new users percentage change.
[ETH]A P% | [ETH]C [UNIV2]APP TXC%, NEW% G 180D
```