For proximity expressions, the query parser documentation says, "use the
tilde, "~", symbol at the end of a Phrase." It gives the example "jakarta
apache"~10
Does this mean that proximity can only be operated on single words enquoted
in quotation marks? To clarify the question by comparision, on some systems,
the w/ proximity operator lets one search for:
crude w/4 "west texas"
or
"spot prices" w/3 "gulf coast"
The Lucene documentation seems to imply that such searches cannot be
constructed in any straightforward way (although there might be a way to get
the effect by going around Cobb's Hill). Or does the Lucene syntax allow the
examples to be cast as:
"crude "west texas""~4
or
""spot prices" "gulf coast""~3
If not, is it a fair assessment to say that in Lucene, proximity is limited
to being a part of phrase searching, and its function is exhausted by
allowing a slop factor in matching phrases.
Thanks in advance for any help with this.
T. R.
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