# Analyzer for numeric type of fields **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 3, 2012, 6:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analyzer-for-numeric-type-of-fields/8295 "2012-07-03T06:56:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![narinder\_izap](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/narinder_izap/32/803_2.png) [@narinder\_izap](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/narinder_izap)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 6:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analyzer-for-numeric-type-of-fields/8295/1 "2012-07-03T06:56:24Z")
I need to analyaze and tokenize the numeric fields like zip\_codes, which analyzer should I use??? currently I am using the standard analyzer, with with i can not search the partial zip\_codes, Expected is if i search for '45', then it should return all the zip\_codes starting with 45, but its returning result if i enter the full zip\_code and returns only single record. Can anyone please guide me through this ??? ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analyzer-for-numeric-type-of-fields/8295/2 "2012-07-03T09:53:48Z")
There isn't really a meaning for an analyzer on numeric values. They either indexed or not. On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Narinder Kaur [narinder.kaur@izap.in](mailto:narinder.kaur@izap.in) wrote: > I need to analyaze and tokenize the numeric fields like zip\_codes, which > analyzer should I use??? currently I am using the standard analyzer, with > with i can not search the partial zip\_codes, > Expected is if i search for '45', then it should return all the zip\_codes > starting with 45, but its returning result if i enter the full zip\_code and > returns only single record. > > Can anyone please guide me through this ??? ---
**Author:** ![Jan\_Fiedler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jan_fiedler/32/2518_2.png) [@Jan\_Fiedler](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jan_Fiedler)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 11:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analyzer-for-numeric-type-of-fields/8295/3 "2012-07-03T11:55:34Z")
If I understand the post correctly, the question is very specific to ZIP codes. They are numeric in may countries, but search requirements are usually very different (from a number). A zip code often has some semantic (like the first digit determining the state). This said, I believe have to take a very careful look at your requirements and setup a special analyzer for the zip code field. By default, your field is detected as numeric and no analyzing process is applied. You want to change that and analyze as string with a special analyzer (depending on your requirements). I would look at an egde-ngram analyzer for starters. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analyzer-for-numeric-type-of-fields/8295/4 "2017-07-06T03:21:40Z")