How to find words and phrases as well

[Wilhelm Sanke]

On Fri Jan 27, Andr.Bisseret Andre.Bisseret at inria.fr wrote:

 

>   Every card in my app are including a fld  theText  which displays  
> texts.
> In a special fld  keyWords  the user can write one or several words
> separated by spaces, say, theKeyWordsList.
> A button  search  executes  find words theKeyWordsList in fld 
> theText  such as the list of cards whose text includes all the words
> of theKeyWordsList is displayed to the user in a specific results field.
>
> I would like to be able to find not only words but also phrases. For
> example, the users should be able to enter  user interface  as a
> whole, while now they only can enter the two words  user  and 
> interface . (not sure I am clear enough ?!).
> How to distinguish, for a find command,  user interface  as a phrase
> from  user interface  as two words.
>
> Andr
> from Grenoble


Try the offset function.

One of the many examples where this is implemented are my stacks for 
searching the Rev documentation "searchDocs XML".

See page "Tools and Samples for Development" of my website 
"http://www.sanke.org/MetaMedia".

Regards,

Wilhelm Sanke