I’d personally use your second option. Simple and straightforward if you can afford the time for a reindex
> On Oct 3, 2017, at 6:23 PM, John Blythe <johnbly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > hey all. > > was hoping to find a query function that would allow me to filter based on > the length of an indexed value. only things i could find/think of would be > one of two things: > > - use the strdist function to see how different things are (instead of > comparing specific lengths) > - create a new field to be indexed with the length of what i know will end > up being the indexed value's length > > am i missing out on an easier, more straight forward solution? > > thanks! > > -- > John Blythe
