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May 19, 2017 11:16
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Just a small function that simplifies making boolean search queries.
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| // Input syntax: [["quadcopter", "quadrotor", "quadrotor helicopter"], ["motion", "dynamics"], ["control", "feedback"]] | |
| // Output value: "(quadcopter OR quadrotor OR quadrotor helicopter) AND (motion OR dynamics) AND (control OR feedback)" | |
| function getQuery(input_vals) { | |
| var a = []; | |
| var return_val = ""; | |
| for (var i = 0; i < input_vals.length; i++) { | |
| var temp_or = "("; | |
| for(var j = 0; j < input_vals[i].length; j++) { | |
| switch(j) { | |
| case 0: | |
| temp_or = temp_or + input_vals[i][j] + " OR"; | |
| break; | |
| case input_vals[i].length - 1: | |
| temp_or = temp_or + " " + input_vals[i][j] + ")"; | |
| break; | |
| default: | |
| temp_or = temp_or + " " + input_vals[i][j] + " OR"; | |
| break; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| a.push(temp_or); | |
| } | |
| for(var i = 0; i < a.length; i++) { | |
| switch(i) { | |
| case 0: | |
| return_val = return_val + a[i] + " AND"; | |
| break; | |
| case a.length - 1: | |
| return_val = return_val + " " + a[i]; | |
| break; | |
| default: | |
| return_val = return_val + " " + a[i] + " AND"; | |
| break; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| return return_val; | |
| } |
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