> -----Original Message-----
> From: SRU (Search and Retrieve Via URL) Implementors
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> On Behalf Of Robert Sanderson
> Or for the equivalent of substring="10:4" abcd
> 
>   marc.008 =/cql.regexp "^.{10}abcd"

What's wrong with marc.008 = "#########abcd*"?

I'm betting that the left-hand truncation required to do this is just
about as likely to get implemented as the dynamic substring operation on
inverted indexes.

Ralph