[clug] Looking for string indexing library

Tony and Robyn Lewis beakysnugger at yahoo.co.uk
Tue May 25 10:26:51 GMT 2004


On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 00:27, Jepri wrote:

> Quick poll of the list: when searching for, say, "Sydney", would you 
> expect to see results like "City of Sydney", or would it not bother you 
> so long as you got the right area on the map.

I think *I'd* like to see exact matches at the top of the list, and then
either a "near matches" option/button/list, or to have them listed
underneath, unless it gets too cluttered.

> Incidentally there are three Sydney's in Africa.  The British were 
> inventive with their names, yes?.

Points for effort, though - they were willing to try "Chipping Sodbury"
and "Foggy Bottom".  Not surprised they reused Sydney.

Tony




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