[sword-devel] SWORD search issue / search type multi Word

[Troy A. Griffitts]

Hi Tobias,

This should be documented a bit better, but I believe we have a
configurable verse window which is searched, which I believe defaults to
2 verses.  The thinking behind this is that occasionally, verse
divisions artificially separate a common clause-- often breaking up a
single sentence into multiple segments.

I'd have to look to remember the details, but have a look in
SWModule::search if you'd like the detail.  I will add it to my todo
list to improve the docs in swmodule.h

Troy

 

On 5/4/20 1:15 PM, Tobias Klein wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have the impression that the SWORD multi word search is returning
> some results that actually do not seem to match the search term.
>
> For example when searching for the term "faith Jesus" in the NASB
> module I get 86 results.
>
> The first result that seems invalid is Matthew 9:28:
>
> ^28 When He entered the house, the blind men came up to Him, and Jesus
> said to them, " “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”" They said
> to Him, “Yes, Lord.”
>
> This verse matches only part of the multi word term, namely "Jesus".
>
> Matthew 9:29 is also returned as a result and this verse interestingly
> only matches the other part of the term ("faith"):
>
> ^29 Then He touched their eyes, saying, " “It shall be done to you
> according to your faith.”"
>
> What is happening here? My assumption would be that only verses
> containing both parts of the multi word term should be returned if the
> searchType is multiWord (-2). Is this a bug?
>
> The code can be found here:
> https://github.com/tobias-klein/node-sword-interface/blob/master/src/sword_backend/module_search.cpp#L121
>
> Best regards,
> Tobias
>
>
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