# Accessing elements in array

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-elements-in-array/172928>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 19, 2019, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-elements-in-array/172928 "2019-03-19T09:37:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![PRUDHVI\_CHOWDHARY\_NE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9f8e36/32.png) [@PRUDHVI\_CHOWDHARY\_NE](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PRUDHVI_CHOWDHARY_NE)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-elements-in-array/172928/1 "2019-03-19T09:37:55Z")

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[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/nested.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/nested.html)

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can we access elements in "user.first" such as user.first[0] and user.first[1]  
user.first[0] = alice  
user.first[1] = john

is it possible

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**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-elements-in-array/172928/2 "2019-03-20T16:09:42Z")

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I'm assuming you're talking about in a scripted field, and yes you can:

`params._source.user.first[0]` etc.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/accessing-elements-in-array/172928/3 "2019-04-17T16:09:46Z")

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