Searching Library on Field Length

[Jobasha]

Hi!

I was wondering if it was possible to search the library on the length of a field. For instance:

strlen(comment):<100

or

len(author):>1

Does this functionality exist?


Thanks!

[BetterRed]

See Search using templates in The search interface

The template language has a number of string functions ==>> Function reference

BR

[ownedbycats]

It may also be possible with a regex search.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

It may also be possible with a regex search.

Yes, it is. Examples:

• for a title >= 50 characters
  

  title:"~^.{50}"

  The regex says "starting at the beginning of the item (the ^), match if there are 50 or more of any character (the .{50}".
• for a title < 50 characters
  

  not title:"~^.{50}"

The technique works for multi-value columns like tags and authors, checking each value.

[un_pogaz]

{50} alone work only for a text with an exact length of 50 character
for >=50 use {50,}
for <=50 use {,50}

[chaley]

Originally Posted by un_pogaz

{50} alone work only for a text with an exact length of 50 character
for >=50 use {50,}
for <=50 use {,50}

No it doesn't. It works if the text is 50 *or more* because there isn't an trailing anchor ($) on the expression. Finding 50 characters doesn't rule out there being 51.

This screen capture shows it working using the expression '^.{5}'