Alphanumeric definition in regards to indexing

foosh101 · Post by **foosh101** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 12:02 pm

By default, texis includes strings 'between 2 and 99 alphanumeric characters'. What does texis consider to be alphanumeric characters? It is not just [a-zA-Z0-9] (ie. \alnum), is it?

Post by **John** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 12:12 pm

It is \alnum, which is alphanumeric by default. What that means will depend on the locale you have set. If you have a locale set that identifies other characters as alphanumeric they will also be indexed.

foosh101 · Post by **foosh101** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 12:19 pm

Where do I set my locale? Is it a function of texis or of my operating system?

foosh101 · Post by **foosh101** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 12:24 pm

I would assume it is a function of the environment I am working in (operating system), but if so, do you know the definition of a US standard alphanumeric character?

foosh101 · Post by **foosh101** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 12:26 pm

my locale is set to English (United States)

Post by **John** » Thu Mar 20, 2003 12:48 pm

The locale is a function of the operating system environment, and can be changed in Texis with the "set locale=''" command. The standard US/English locale defines the set you gave above as alphanumeric, A through Z upper and lower case, and the digits 0-9.