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Robert Muir resolved LUCENE-3423. --------------------------------- Resolution: Fixed Assignee: Robert Muir > add Terms.docCount > ------------------ > > Key: LUCENE-3423 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-3423 > Project: Lucene - Java > Issue Type: New Feature > Reporter: Robert Muir > Assignee: Robert Muir > Fix For: 4.0 > > Attachments: LUCENE-3423.patch > > > spinoff from LUCENE-3290, where yonik mentioned: > {noformat} > Is there currently a way to get the number of documents that have a value in > the field? > Then one could compute the average length of a (sparse) field via > sumTotalTermFreq(field)/docsWithField(field) > docsWithField(field) would be useful in other contexts that want to know how > sparse a field is (automatically selecting faceting algorithms, etc). > {noformat} > I think this is a useful stat to add, in case you have sparse fields for > heuristics or scoring. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org