Not sure if wholeMatches affects the find command, but if you set wholeMatches
to true and then use wordOffset("time",field "myField") then I think you will
get the results you are looking for. wordOffset() returns 0 when it fails to
find a match.
Bob
On Dec 20, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Jim Hurley wrote:
> If the sentence:
>
> "Now is the time, for all good men."
>
> is within the field "myField" , then
>
> find word "time" in field "myField"
>
> is successful. The word "time" is found despite the fact that it is not
> delimited with spaces on either side.
>
> But
>
> "time" is among the words of "Now is the time, for all good men."
>
> returns false, since "is among the words" reads the comma after "time". It
> requires the spaces on either side of "time" as delimiters.
>
> Has this come up before and has it been suggest that this be an enhancement?
>
> That is to say, it would be helpful if "is among the words" and "find
> word(s)" behave the same with respect to the space delimiter.
>
> Or am I missing something?
>
> Jim Hurley
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