LENGTH Command

Use the LENGTH command to search for documents that contain a particular number of words. This command is used in combination with the following symbols:

SymbolDescription
<Less than
>Greater than
=Equal to

For example, this search finds documents that contain the name "Gore Vidal" and whose length is greater than 1000 words:

gore vidal AND LENGTH(>1000)

The following search finds documents relating to Tesco that contain exactly 230 words:

LENGTH(=230) AND tesco

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