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Bing xRank feed source

Is there any way I can get Bing xRank results ? Any RSS feeds, Bing API calls I can use? ...

Search for -1 in Solr

Hi! I have an optional property of type pfloat, that can either be an encoded numeric value, or -1 if the property is not set. Numerics are encoded to be range searchable (1 is encoded to something like 10000000001), but -1 will always be -1. How can I search a field for -1? property:-1 throws parse error and property:'-1' doesn't re...

searching in eclipse

how can I search something in all files in a given folder in eclipse also how can I search up, it's seems like only going down the document sometimes I am working on single files, so there is no project defined. I know about the search in project feature ...

Trade off point between Dictionary(hashtable) and List find

Short question: How many elements can be in a list to make a linear search like List O(n) faster then Dictionary which is O(1)? I seem to remember in college(and high school) when comparing searching techniques ( binary vs linear) there was always a point where linear was faster. that was O(n) vs O(log) I can't draw the graph here. b...

manipulating strings, search text

Hi all, I try explain my issue: note 1: I have only strings, not files, ONLY strings. I have a string like this (NOTE: I include line numbers for better explain) The line separator is \r\n (CRLF) string allText = 1 Lorem ipsum Lorem ipsum 2 == START 001partXXX.sql == 3 Lorem ipsum TEXT Lorem ipsum 4 == END 001partXXX.sql == 5 L...

Organizing Lots of Data in Search Results

I'm working on a pretty basic web app (not much more than CRUD stuff). However, the requirements call for a bunch of data to be displayed with each item in the search results - IDs, dates, email addresses, long descriptions... too much to fit neatly into a simple grid, and too dissimilar to make them flow together (like the natural lang...

Match a word with similar words using Solr?

I want to search for threads in my mysql database with Solr. But i want it to not just search the thread words, but for similar words. Eg. if a thread title is "dog for sale" and if the user searches for dogs the title will be in the result. and also if a user searches for "mac os x" the word "snow leopard" will appear. and the abili...

How can I search PDF?

Hi, Im doing a small project in C++ in LINUX PLATFORM.i need to search 10 or more PDF files and find required data.how can i do so?. i will make my question more clear with following eg suppose i have ten text books all about c++ and i need info about the topic array and how i can search the pdf and find data? thanks in advance ...

PHP, MySQL: mysql substitute for php in_array function

Hi all, Say if I have an array and I want to check if an element is a part of that array, I can go ahead and use in_array( needle, haystack ) to determine the results. I am trying to see the PHP equivalent of this for my purpose. Now you might have an instant answer for me and you might be tempted to say "Use IN". Yes, I can use IN, but...

Looking for more details about "Group varint encoding/decoding" presented in Jeff's slides

I noticed that in Jeff's slides "Challenges in Building Large-Scale Information Retrieval Systems", which can also be downloaded here: http://research.google.com/people/jeff/WSDM09-keynote.pdf, a method of integers compression called "group varint encoding" was mentioned. It was said much faster than 7 bits per byte integer encoding (2X ...

Search Engine in php?

Sir, I want to create a search engine in php (like Google, Ask). So, please tell me how can I create it. What is the logic for it. Thanks, ...

Using Full-Text Search in SQL Server 2005 across multiple tables, columns

Hi, I have a problem, I created a full text search query which return a record(s), in which the paramater I have supplied match(es) in every fields(full-text indexed) of multiple tables. The problem is , when the user.id is equal to ceritification.AId it returns a records eventhough it was not satisfied with the parameter supplied. Fo...

TicTacToe strategic reduction

I decided to write a small program that solves TicTacToe in order to try out the effect of some pruning techniques on a trivial game. The full game tree using minimax to solve it only ends up with 549,946 possible games. With alpha-beta pruning, the number of states required to evaluate was reduced to 18,297. Then I applied a transpos...

What is the fastest search which can be done on a non-sorted array?

How to search fast in a non-sorted array? I am unable to think of any other search mechanism apart from linear search. Any pointers will be helpful. ...

PHP Summarize any URL

Hey guys, How can I, in PHP, get a summary of any URL? By summary, I mean something similar to the URL descriptions in Google web search results. Is this possible? Is there already some kind of tool I can plug in to so I don't have to generate my own summaries? I don't want to use metadata descriptions if possible. -Dylan ...

What is fastest way for a .Net program to index all images on a user's computer?

What is the fastest way for a .Net program to index all images on a users' computer? Using Open Source .Net Libs and native .Net classes. In a way good for XP sp3 ,..., Windows 7 Fastest - Same pc configuration, different time (seconds) .Net program - better C# To index - get a list of absolute links (like c://bla-bla/file ) and sa...

Is there any crossplatform C/C++ lib for files searching? (on hard drive)

Is there any crossplatform C\C++ lib for files searching? (on hard drive) What I need is simple - be able to find all images on users computer in all folders and subfolders with sise >= 200kb. How to do such thing? Can any one help me? Please. ...

Difference between Breadth First Search, and Iterative deepening

I understand BFS, and DFS, but for the life of me cannot figure out the difference between iterative deepening and BFS. Apparently Iterative deepening has the same memory usage as DFS, but I am unable to see how this is possible, as it just keeps expanding like BFS. If anyone can clarify that would be awesome. tree to work on if require...

Quick Search Box to filter adapter

Right now I have a list activity powered by a cursor adapter. I have a AutoCompleteTextView that allows the user to filter the list. Code looks like this: filterText = (AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.id.search_box); filterText.setAdapter(mAdapter); filterText.setDropDownHeight(0); // hide the drop down, just filter the listActivit...

Is there any google Image search API for ActionScript\MXML developers?

Is there any google Image search API for ActionScript\MXML developers? ...