MRAB wrote:
On 16/08/2012 02:22, Ethan Furman wrote:
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:26:09 -0700, Ethan Furman wrote:
Indexes have a new method (rebirth of an old one, really):
.index_search(
match,
start=None,
stop=None,
nearest=False,
partial=False )
[...]
Why "index_search" rather than just "search"?
Because "search" already exists and returns a dbf.List of all matching
records.
Perhaps that should've been called "find_all"!
In interesting thought.
Currently there are:
.index(data) --> returns index of data in Index, or raises error
.query(string) --> brute force search, returns all matching records
.search(match) --> binary search through table, returns all matching
records
'index' and 'query' are supported by Tables, Lists, and Indexes; search
(and now index_search) are only supported on Indexes.
~Ethan~
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