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Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 02:24:10 -0000
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   Date: 2004-05-11T19:24:10
   Editor: 69.240.50.229 <>
   Wiki: Jakarta Lucene Wiki
   Page: SearchNumericalFields
   URL: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-lucene/SearchNumericalFields

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   You can use a multiplier to make sure you don't have decimals if they ca=
use problems.(comment by sv)
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- =3D=3D Handling positive and negitive numbers. =3D=3D
+ =3D=3D Handling positive and negative numbers. =3D=3D
  =

- If you want a numerical field that may contain positive and negitive numb=
ers, you still need to format them as strings. What you must ensure is that=
 for any numbers a and b, if a<b then format(a)<format(b). The problem case=
s are
+ If you want a numerical field that may contain positive and negative numb=
ers, you still need to format them as strings. What you must ensure is that=
 for any numbers a and b, if a<b then format(a)<format(b). The problem case=
s are
    * when one number is negative and the other is positve
-   * when both are negitive, ie; -200 is less than -1, even though "-200" =
is lexocographically '''greater''' than "-1"
+   * when both are negative, ie; -200 is less than -1, even though "-200" =
is lexocographically '''greater''' than "-1"
  =

  The "trick" to handle these problems are:
    * use a prefix char for positive and negative numbers so that a negativ=
e string is always less than positive. '-' and '0' are suitable for this

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