Random guess: You are using an analyzer that stored "friend" (or some other stem), and not "friends", so term "friends" doesn't really exist in your inex - it's frequency is zero.
Otis ----- Original Message ---- From: Bhavin Pandya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 6:16:38 AM Subject: IndexReader.docFreq Hi, I am confused using IndexReader.docFreq... I am using lucene 1.9 ....my code snippet is, int noofdoc = mreader.docFreq(new Term("TITLE","friends")); where mreader is MultiReader... few doc from index which has TITLE likes... friends in usa girl friends boy friends but "noofdoc" is showing zero....... Any pointer.... - Bhavin pandya --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]