# How to sort relevance of query terms? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [November 7, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-sort-relevance-of-query-terms/152825 "2008-11-07T20:31:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![caiwangqin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@caiwangqin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/caiwangqin)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-sort-relevance-of-query-terms/152825/1 "2008-11-07T20:31:20Z")
The first three lines are representative of the problem I face. You see that for the given query (3, butter+oil+anhydrous), Wikipedia returns Ultralight Backpacking, where I think Ghee is optimal. I’ve had to make this list because I had been getting things like pork products for cactus, and it’s noted that the file does come up about 300 records short. I will deal with that later. For now, I need solid advice on how to sort the results. My first idea, make a regexp from the second, query token, e.g. butter+salted =\> /[butersald]/, and then taking the shortest term from the results, but there are plenty of instances where this will not reach the optimal term, such as turtle+raw =\> Turtle soup. Your help is greatly appreciated. 1|butter+salted|Butter salt|Butter|Túrós csusza|Margarine|Potato 2|butter+whipped|Shea butter|Butter|Cream bun|Butter cream|Butter 3|butter+oil+anhydrous|Ultralight backpacking|Odell’s|Ghee|Fragrance extraction|Perfume