EQUIValence (=)

Use the EQUIV operator to specify an acceptable substitution for a word in a query.

Syntax

Syntax	Description
term1=term2 term1 equiv term2	Specifies that term2 is an acceptable substitution for term1. Score calculated as the sum of all occurrences of both terms.

Example for EQUIV Operator

The following example returns all documents that contain either the phrase alsatians are big dogs or labradors are big dogs:

'labradors=alsatians are big dogs'

Operator Precedence

The EQUIV operator has higher precedence than all other operators except the expansion operators (fuzzy, soundex, stem).