diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplaySearch.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplaySearch.cs
index c981bfb9..0e79af26 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplaySearch.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/DisplaySearch.cs
@@ -2078,7 +2078,7 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 
 					if (cbxFndUnLnkROVals.Enabled && cbxFndUnLnkROVals.Checked)
 					{
-						string ROSearchList2 = checkPercentChar(ROSearchList); // B2026-053 match exact string
+						string ROSearchList2 = exactsearch(ROSearchList); // B2026-053 match exact string
 						// B2022-031 - added a cbxProcSectSrch to filter out procedure and section titles from global search results.
 						SearchResults = ItemInfoList.GetListFromTextSearch(DVISearchList, TypeSearchList, ROSearchList2, cbxBooleanTxtSrch.Checked ? 2 : cbxCaseSensitive.Checked ? 1 : 0, cbxProcSectSrch.Checked ? 1 : 0, ItemSearchIncludeLinks.Nothing, includeRTFformat, includeSpecialChars, unitPrefix, string.Empty, string.Empty);
 						cmbResultsStyleIndex = 3;  // display step text in results
@@ -2191,50 +2191,23 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 			OnSearchComplete(new DisplaySearchEventArgs(TimeSpan.FromTicks(DateTime.Now.Ticks - start.Ticks)));
 		}
 
-		private string checkPercentChar(string SearchString) // B2026-053
+		private string exactsearch(string SearchString)  // B2026-053
 		{
-			string ss = "";
-			string pattern = "%"; // B2026-053 Pattern to match the percentage sign
-			Match match = Regex.Match(SearchString, pattern);
-			if (match.Success) //  Special case for percents.
+			StringBuilder ss = new StringBuilder();
+			int sl = SearchString.Length;
+			int LstIdxSp = SearchString.LastIndexOf(' ');
+			if (sl == LstIdxSp + 1) // B2026-053 if ' ' the last char.
 			{
-				int sl = SearchString.Length;
-				int precentIdx = SearchString.LastIndexOf('%');
-				int startIndex = 0;
-				if (sl == precentIdx + 1) // % the last char.
-				{
-					ss = SearchString.Substring(startIndex, sl - 1);
-					var isNumeric = int.TryParse(ss, out int n);
-					if (isNumeric == true) // B2026-053 other that a % are the rest of the characters numbers.
-					{
-						ss = ' ' + SearchString + ' '; // to get exact match add spaces before and after search string.
-					}
-					else
-					{
-						ss = ' ' + SearchString + ' '; // string it not a percent.
-					}
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					int strl2 = SearchString.Length;
-					int prcIdx2 = SearchString.LastIndexOf(' ');
-					int strIdx2 = 0;
-					if (strl2 == prcIdx2 + 1) // if the last char is ' ' the last char.
-					{
-						ss = ' ' + SearchString; //B2026-053 add a space prefix to make the search exact. If search is 5% this makes it excult 25% 55% etc.;
-					}
-					else
-					{
-						ss = ' ' + SearchString + ' '; // Exact match add spaces before and after search string.
-					}
-				}
+				ss.Append(' ');
+				ss.Append(SearchString); // B2026-053 add a space prefix to make the search exact if the end of the searchString is a space.
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				ss = ' ' + SearchString + ' '; // Exact match add spaces before and after search string.
-
+				ss.Append(' ');
+				ss.Append(SearchString); // B2026-053 Exact match add spaces before and after searchString.
+				ss.Append(' ');
 			}
-				return ss;
+			return ss.ToString();
 		}
 
 		private void ClearResults()     // B2021-103 if no results when RNO only, clear results list.  (moved from btnSearch_Click)