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Subject: Search::Text available on CPAN
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Date: 1 May 1996 21:33:09 GMT
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DESCRIPTION
-----------
Search::Text is a module set designed to implement a common search interface
to a number of different text-based search engines. Two example search
modules are included with the distribution.
Capabilities include:
o Search only certain fields in a delimited text record
o Match specific strings to specific fields
o On-the-fly selection of search engine
o Return any field with in the record, including
fields delimited with a label
o Skips header lines within files
o Hooks for relevancy sorting
o Hooks for implementing a complete search language
o Case sensitivity
o AND/OR implemented in examples, NEAR/NOT supported
in base class
o Cache search histories
o Cache match returns for paging
o Search multiple files
o much more
Two modules are provided initially, one for searching with Perl's
built in regex matching, and one for Glimpse. The same search
routines should work for both with only minor differences -- in fact,
if your machine is fairly standard there should be no difference in
operation.
use Search::TextSearch;
use Search::Glimpse;
%options = (
case_sensitive => 1,
search_file => 'index.txt',
);
$t = new Search::TextSearch %options;
$g = new Search::Glimpse %options;
$t->search('FooBar');
$g->search('FooBar');
Both should operate the same provided the glimpse indices are set
up to search the current directory.
After installation, you should be able to access the documentation
with the command:
perldoc Search::Base
INSTALLATION
------------
To install this module type
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
EXAMPLES
---------
A couple of meager examples are in the documentation, and there
will be more as the next release occurs.
AUTHOR
------
Mike Heins
[email protected]
Std dstribution site: CPAN/authors/id/MIKEH
BUGS
-----
Glimpse can't search based on fields when returning file names.
The TextSearch should probably do a unary search on only one
pattern, but then you could do it yourself.
--
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