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Why is the search function so broken? (hexbear.net)
submitted 7 months ago by gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net to c/hexbear@hexbear.net
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Whenever I've used the search function, it returns almost nothing relevant to what I'm looking for, and the time constraints don't work. If I look for things using the "top (time)" feature, I always get results outside of the desired time period. Why does this happen, is a fix in progress, and how hard would it be to implement?

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[–] buh@hexbear.net 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

idk how true this is but I once saw a post saying the search function is basically a database query that replaces spaces with wildcards

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Correct

Line 288:

pub fn fuzzy_search(q: &str) -> String {
  let replaced = q
    .replace('\\', "\\\\")
    .replace('%', "\\%")
    .replace('_', "\\_")
    .replace(' ', "%");
  format!("%{replaced}%")
}
[–] Edie@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago

You can link directly to a line, or even multiple. Clicking on the line number highlights it, shift+clicking on another highlights all in between the two selected.