diff --git a/base.php b/base.php
index 8db8721..727804d 100644
--- a/base.php
+++ b/base.php
@@ -465,21 +465,31 @@ function parse_comparing_expression($expr) {
 	];
 }
 
-function matches_comparing_expression($expr, $text, $debug=false) {
+function matches_comparing_expression($expr, $o_text, $debug=false) {
 	if (gettype($expr) === 'string')
 		$expr = parse_comparing_expression($expr);
 	$result = $expr['original'];
 	if ($debug) {
 		echo '<h2>Original</h2>';
-		echo '<pre>'.$text.'</pre>';
+		echo '<pre>'.$o_text.'</pre>';
 	}
-	$text = normalize_for_search($text);
+	$text = normalize_for_search($o_text);
 	if ($debug) {
 		echo '<h2>Normalized</h2>';
 		echo '<pre>'.$text.'</pre>';
 		echo '<br><br>';
 	}
-	$text_words = explode(' ', $text);
+	$m_text_words = explode(' ', $text);
+	$o_text_words = null;
+	if (preg_match('/(^|\s)\*\w+/', $expr['original']))
+	{
+		$nw_text_words = [];
+		$o_text_words = explode(' ', $o_text);
+		foreach ($o_text_words as $o)
+			if ($o !== '')
+				$nw_text_words []= $o;
+		$o_text_words = $nw_text_words;
+	}
 	foreach ($expr['parsed'] as $t)
 	{
 		$bool = false;
@@ -487,14 +497,26 @@ function matches_comparing_expression($expr, $text, $debug=false) {
 		$selector = substr($t, 0, strpos($t, ' '));
 		$content = substr($t, strpos($t, ' ')+1);
 		$content = trim(trim(trim($content), '"'));
+		$o_bool = ($selector[0] === '*' && $o_text_words !== null);
+		if ($o_bool)
+			$selector = substr($selector, 1);
+
 		switch ($selector)
 		{
 			case 'words':
 			case 'hasall':
 				$ws = explode(' ', $content);
 				$hasall = true;
-				foreach ($ws as $w) {
-					if (!in_array(normalize_for_search($w), $text_words)) {
+				foreach ($ws as $w)
+				{
+					if ($o_bool) {
+						if (!in_array($w, $o_text_words)) {
+							$hasall = false;
+							break;
+						}
+						continue;
+					}
+					if (!in_array(normalize_for_search($w), $m_text_words)) {
 						$hasall = false;
 						break;
 					}
@@ -516,8 +538,16 @@ function matches_comparing_expression($expr, $text, $debug=false) {
 			case 'hasany':
 				$ws = explode(' ', $content);
 				$hasany = false;
-				foreach ($ws as $w) {
-					if (in_array(normalize_for_search($w), $text_words)) {
+				foreach ($ws as $w)
+				{
+					if ($o_bool) {
+						if (in_array($w, $o_text_words)) {
+							$hasany = true;
+							break;
+						}
+						continue;
+					}
+					if (in_array(normalize_for_search($w), $m_text_words)) {
 						$hasany = true;
 						break;
 					}
@@ -538,8 +568,14 @@ function matches_comparing_expression($expr, $text, $debug=false) {
 			case 'has':
 			case 'includes':
 			case 'contains':
-				$a = str_replace(' ', '', $text);
-				$b = str_replace(' ', '', normalize_for_search($content));
+				$a = null; $b = null;
+				if ($o_bool) {
+					$a = str_replace(' ', '', $o_text);
+					$b = str_replace(' ', '', $content);
+				} else {
+					$a = str_replace(' ', '', $text);
+					$b = str_replace(' ', '', normalize_for_search($content));
+				}
 				if ($debug) {
 					echo '<br><br>';
 					echo '<h3>contains</h3>';
@@ -558,32 +594,36 @@ function matches_comparing_expression($expr, $text, $debug=false) {
 
 			case 'regex':
 			case 'matches':
-				if (strlen($content) <= 0)
+				if (strlen($content) === 0)
 					continue 2;
-				$content = normalize_word_sound($content, function($w, $h) {
-					if ($h[0] === 'b')
-						return preg_replace('/([^\\\])b/', '\1'.$h[1], $w);
-					if (preg_match('/^\d$/', $h[0])) {
-						$b = false;
-						for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($w); $i++) {
-							if (in_array($w[$i], ['{','}','[',']'])) {
-								$b = !$b;
-								continue;
+				if (!$o_bool)
+				{
+					$content = normalize_word_sound($content, function($w, $h) {
+						if ($h[0] === 'b')
+							return preg_replace('/([^\\\])b/', '\1'.$h[1], $w);
+						if (preg_match('/^\d$/', $h[0])) {
+							$b = false;
+							for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($w); $i++) {
+								if (in_array($w[$i], ['{','}','[',']'])) {
+									$b = !$b;
+									continue;
+								}
+								if (!$b && $w[$i] === $h[0])
+									$w = set_chat_at($w, $i, $h[1]);
 							}
-							if (!$b && $w[$i] === $h[0])
-								$w = set_chat_at($w, $i, $h[1]);
+							return $w;
 						}
-						return $w;
-					}
-					return str_replace($h[0], $h[1], $w);
-				});
-				preg_match_all('/\w{4,}/', $content, $mts);
-				foreach ((isset($mts[0]) ? $mts[0] : []) as $m)
-					$content = preg_replace('/\b'.$m.'\b/', normalize_for_search($m), $content);
+						return str_replace($h[0], $h[1], $w);
+					});
+					preg_match_all('/\w{4,}/', $content, $mts);
+					foreach ((isset($mts[0]) ? $mts[0] : []) as $m)
+						$content = preg_replace('/\b'.$m.'\b/', normalize_for_search($m), $content);
+				}
 				if ($content[0] != '^')
 					$content = '^.*'.$content;
 				if ($content[strlen($content)-1] != '$')
 					$content .= '.*$';
+				$content = str_replace('#', '\#', $content);
 				if ($debug) {
 					echo '<br><br>';
 					echo '<h3>regex</h3>';
@@ -591,7 +631,10 @@ function matches_comparing_expression($expr, $text, $debug=false) {
 					echo $content;
 					echo '</pre>';
 				}
-				$bool = preg_match('#'.$content.'#', $text) === 1;
+				$bool = false;
+				if ($o_bool)
+					$bool = preg_match('#'.$content.'#i', $o_text) === 1;
+				else $bool = preg_match('#'.$content.'#', $text) === 1;
 				if ($debug) {
 					echo '<br>Result: ';
 					var_dump($bool);