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<h1>8.10. grn_expr<a class="headerlink" href="#grn-expr" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>Grn_expr is an object that searches records with specified conditions
and manipulates a database. It's pronounced as <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">gurun</span> <span class="pre">expression</span></tt>.</p>
<p>Conditions for searching records from a database can be represented by
conbining condition expressions such as <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">equal</span> <span class="pre">condition</span> <span class="pre">expression</span></tt>
and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">less</span> <span class="pre">than</span> <span class="pre">condition</span> <span class="pre">expression</span></tt> with set operations such as
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">AND</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">OR</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">NOT</span></tt>. Grn_expr executes those conditions to
search records. You can also use advanced searches such as similar
search and near search by grn_expr. You can also use flexible full
text search. For example, you can control hit scores for specified
words and improve recall by re-searching with high-recall algolithm
dinamically. To determine whether re-searching or not, the number of
matched rescords is used.</p>
<p>There are three ways to create grn_expr:</p>
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<li>Parsing <a class="reference internal" href="grn_expr/query_syntax.html"><em>Query syntax</em></a> string.</li>
<li>Parsing <a class="reference internal" href="grn_expr/script_syntax.html"><em>Script syntax</em></a> string.</li>
<li>Calling grn_expr related APIs.</li>
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<p><a class="reference internal" href="grn_expr/query_syntax.html"><em>Query syntax</em></a> is for common search form in
Internet search site. It's simple and easy to use but it has a
limitation. You can not use all condition expressions and set
operations in <a class="reference internal" href="grn_expr/query_syntax.html"><em>Query syntax</em></a>. You can use
<a class="reference internal" href="grn_expr/query_syntax.html"><em>Query syntax</em></a> with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">query</span></tt> option in
<a class="reference internal" href="commands/select.html"><em>select</em></a>.</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="grn_expr/script_syntax.html"><em>Script syntax</em></a> is ECMAScript like
syntax. You can use all condition expresssions and set operations in
<a class="reference internal" href="grn_expr/script_syntax.html"><em>Script syntax</em></a>. You can use
<a class="reference internal" href="grn_expr/script_syntax.html"><em>Script syntax</em></a> with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">filter</span></tt> option and
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">scorer</span></tt> option in <a class="reference internal" href="commands/select.html"><em>select</em></a>.</p>
<p>You can use groonga as a library and create a grn_expr by calling
grn_expr related APIs. You can use full features with calling APIs
like <a class="reference internal" href="grn_expr/script_syntax.html"><em>Script syntax</em></a>. Calling APIs is useful
creating a custom syntax to create grn_expr. They are used in <a class="reference external" href="http://groonga.rubyforge.org/#about-rroonga">rroonga</a> that is Ruby bindings
of groonga. Rroonga can create a grn_expr by Ruby's syntax instead of
parsing string.</p>
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<h2>8.10.3. See also<a class="headerlink" href="#see-also" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="api/grn_expr.html"><em>grn_expr</em></a>: grn_expr related APIs</li>
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