# phpman > perldoc > Plucene::Index::Term

## NAME
    [Plucene::Index::Term](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Plucene%3A%3AIndex%3A%3ATerm/markdown) - a word from text

## SYNOPSIS
            my $term = [Plucene::Index::Term](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Plucene%3A%3AIndex%3A%3ATerm/markdown)->new({
                            field => $field_name,
                            text  => $text,
            });

            # with two [Plucene::Index::Term](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Plucene%3A%3AIndex%3A%3ATerm/markdown) objects you can do:

            if ($term1->eq($term2)) { ... }

            # etc

## DESCRIPTION
    A Term represents a word from text, and is the unit of search. It is composed of two elements,
    the text of the word, as a string, and the name of the field that the text occured in, as a
    string.

    Note that terms may represent more than words from text fields, but also things like dates,
    email addresses, urls, etc.

## METHODS
  eq / ne / lt / gt / ge / le
    Exactly what you would think they are.