Search Utility

local searchUtil = require('/lua/ge/extensions/editor/util/searchUtil')

-- Create a search instance
local search = searchUtil()

-- Simple searchable combo box in ImGui
local items = {"apple", "banana", "cherry", "date", "elderberry"}
local selected = search:beginSearchableSimpleCombo(
  ui_imgui, "##fruitSearch", currentSelection, items
)
if selected then
  currentSelection = selected
  search:updateFrecencyEntry(selected) -- boost recently-picked items
end

-- Manual search with custom scoring
search:startSearch("ban")
for _, item in ipairs(items) do
  search:queryElement({
    id = item,
    name = item,
    frecencyId = item,
  })
end
local results = search:finishSearch()
for _, r in ipairs(results) do
  log("I", "", r.name .. " score=" .. r.finalScore)
end

-- matchStringScore scores multi-occurrence substring matches
-- with bonus for matches appearing early in the string
local score = searchUtil.matchStringScore("banana", "ban")
-- score ≈ 0.75 (3/6 chars matched, early match bonus)

-- Frecency: recently and frequently used items rank higher
-- Half-life is 24 hours; items decay exponentially
search:setFrecencyData({apple = os.time() - 3600}) -- 1 hour ago
local s = search:getFrecencyScore("apple") -- ~0.97