On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Sergey Kabashnyuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Ian
>
> Unfortunately, I have to index any possible number of java.math.BigDecimal
> I can rephrase my question this way:
>
> How can I convert java.math.BigDecimal numbers in to string
> for its storing in lexic
Michael Ludwig schrieb:
I assume what you mean is formatting the number so that the
lexicographical order of any possible sequence of acceptable numbers
is the same as its numerical order.
You must find a canonical representation like the scientific notation
and then tweak it as follows:
* "N"
Hi Sergey,
On 11/20/2008 at 9:30 AM, Sergey Kabashnyuk wrote:
> How can I convert java.math.BigDecimal numbers in to string
> for its storing in lexicographical order
Here's a thoroughly untested idea, cribbing some from
o.a.l.document.NumberTools[1]: convert BigDecimals into strings of the
fol
Sergey Kabashnyuk schrieb:
Unfortunately, I have to index any possible number of
java.math.BigDecimal
Hi Sergey,
quite a lot of numbers are possible for BigDecimal. Somehow the range
must be bounded.
Let's first draw the line where, for a given BigDecimal bd, the result
of bd.toString(), whic
Thanks Ian
Unfortunately, I have to index any possible number of java.math.BigDecimal
I can rephrase my question this way:
How can I convert java.math.BigDecimal numbers in to string
for its storing in lexicographical order
Sergey Kabashnyuk
eXo Platform SAS
Hi
Lucene only indexes strings.
Hi
Lucene only indexes strings. The standard advice for numeric is to
pad to desired width with leading zeros, if likely to be used in range
searches. How varied are the numbers you're going to be working with?
I only work with stuff with 2 decimal places and tend to lose that.
e.g.
2.22 woul
