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Largest number returnable from yahoo search

I'm working on an application that categorizes words based on their returned webcount from Yahoo's Search api.

However, it seems that most of my common words such as "problem", "additional",etc, only return 2147483647 results. It is impossible for so many words on only return that many results, so I was wondering if there was something capping off the maximum result returned.

I noticed that this is the maximum number for an integer, but I thought a BigInteger value would be returned with the accurate results. I've even tried plugging words into the WebSearch.java code provided in the API, and I can still never return any values greater than 2147483647.

Thanks for any help.

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  • Try asking this in the Search Group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/yws-search-general/

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    Robyn Tippins
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    QUOTE (jtszeto @ Mar 2 2009, 02:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I'm working on an application that categorizes words based on their returned webcount from Yahoo's Search api.

    However, it seems that most of my common words such as "problem", "additional",etc, only return 2147483647 results. It is impossible for so many words on only return that many results, so I was wondering if there was something capping off the maximum result returned.

    I noticed that this is the maximum number for an integer, but I thought a BigInteger value would be returned with the accurate results. I've even tried plugging words into the WebSearch.java code provided in the API, and I can still never return any values greater than 2147483647.

    Thanks for any help.
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