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Phrase Search and Slop

Match analyzed terms in sequence, with optional movement tolerance.

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Phrase Search and Slop

Lexical Querying · querying · order 30

Match analyzed terms in sequence, with optional movement tolerance.

Relevant APIs

MatchPhrase Analyzer TextFieldIndex

Tags

query phrase slop ranking exactness

Phrase Search and Slop

MatchPhrase checks whether analyzed terms occur in order.

Exact phrase

import { MatchPhrase } from "@tryformation/querylight-ts";

const exact = new MatchPhrase("body", "vector search");

Phrase with slop

Slop allows nearby terms to count even when there is a little distance between them.

const tolerant = new MatchPhrase("body", "portable json index state", 2, 2.0);

Good queries to try in the demo

  • "portable json index state"
  • "vector search"
  • "phrase search"

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