Re: best way to index numerical data ?

> "Jack" == Jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi I have a lot of data that is in a TEXT file which are numbers > does anyone have a good suggestion for indexing TEXT numbers > (zip codes, other codes, dollar amounts, quantities, etc). since > Lucene and other indexers are real

Re: best way to index numerical data ?

here is a sample of a .txt file : I want to search for the whole number. If possible, fuzzy search would be nice too, but not mandatory.. 1975|Y|35136|72|1927|||3|005503|003|19870301|19950301|14416887|151|2301|100039292|N|84|F|50||10|A|100|Y|037|Y|89005|3042|M|S|P| Thanks! Jack -- http://mai

Re: best way to index numerical data ?

here is a sample of a .txt file : I want to search for the whole number. If possible, fuzzy search would be nice too, but not mandatory.. 1975|Y|35136|72|1927|||3|005503|003|19870301|19950301|14416887|151|2301|100039292|N|84|F|50||10|A|100|Y|037|Y|89005|3042|M|S|P| Thanks! Jack -- http://mai

Re: best way to index numerical data ?

What do you want to search for in the file? how big is the file? What format is the data in the file? - Paddy. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

best way to index numerical data ?

Hi I have a lot of data that is in a TEXT file which are numbers does anyone have a good suggestion for indexing TEXT numbers (zip codes, other codes, dollar amounts, quantities, etc). since Lucene and other indexers are really optimized for Alpha character indexing. What approaches are typically t