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SearchAdjustment[query,w]

represents a component of a search query that is to be treated as having weight w.

SearchAdjustment[query,…,opts]

represents a component of a search query with certain options.

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SearchAdjustment

SearchAdjustment[query,w]

represents a component of a search query that is to be treated as having weight w.

SearchAdjustment[query,…,opts]

represents a component of a search query with certain options.

Details and Options

  • Query components without SearchAdjustment[…] are effectively treated as having weight 1.
  • In SearchAdjustment[query,w], larger weights w make this component be considered more important for purposes of ranking search results.
  • Possible options for SearchAdjustment include:
  • MaxWordGap 0maximum gap in words allowed between tokens

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

Create an example index:

Wolfram Language code: index = CreateSearchIndex["ExampleData/Text"];

Give more weight to documents containing the word "dog":

Wolfram Language code: TextSearch[index, SearchAdjustment["dog", 20] | "lorem"][All]

Without the extra weight, a different ranking is given:

Wolfram Language code: TextSearch[index, "dog" | "lorem"][All]

Scope  (2)

Queries can have multiple adjusted components:

Wolfram Language code: TextSearch[CreateSearchIndex["ExampleData/Text"], SearchAdjustment["dog", 7] | SearchAdjustment["lorem", 1.5]][All]

If the given weight is less than 1, the adjusted component is given less importance:

Wolfram Language code: TextSearch[CreateSearchIndex["ExampleData/Text"], SearchAdjustment["dog", 3] | SearchAdjustment["lorem", 0.5]][All]

Options  (1)

MaxWordGap  (1)

Allow a gap of 1 word to occur between "some" and "extracts":

Wolfram Language code: index = CreateSearchIndex["ExampleData/Text"]; TextSearch[index, SearchAdjustment["some extracts", MaxWordGap -> 1]][All]
Wolfram Research (2016), SearchAdjustment, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SearchAdjustment.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2016), SearchAdjustment, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SearchAdjustment.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2016. "SearchAdjustment." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SearchAdjustment.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2016). SearchAdjustment. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SearchAdjustment.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_searchadjustment, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SearchAdjustment}", year="2016", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SearchAdjustment.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_searchadjustment, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SearchAdjustment}, year={2016}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SearchAdjustment.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}