Hi. :) I made the change and it works for line 1:
offset is 0 for linenum 1
found line 1 NoResults

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But it doesn't work for line 2 or any of the rest of the lines:
offset is 4 for linenum 2
found line Results

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This should give the same thing as the first line, that is:
offset is 4 for linenum 2
found line 2 NoResults

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For line 500 for example, it gives:
offset is 1996 for linenum 500
found line 53721 0

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Whereas line 500 in the file is:
500     NotOn

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Searching for 53721 in my file gives me a match on line 107 rather than line 500.
Do I need to recode my index using N* or Z or Z* or A or A*? Thanks!

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