# Array of String

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/array-of-string/59214>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 29, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/array-of-string/59214 "2016-08-29T16:37:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Arun\_Palanisamy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Arun\_Palanisamy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arun_Palanisamy)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/array-of-string/59214/1 "2016-08-29T16:37:46Z")

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How to declare a field an array of string in the creation of schema..Explain briefly

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**Author:** ![msimos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@msimos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/msimos)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/array-of-string/59214/2 "2016-08-29T18:45:09Z")

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Hi,

Refer to this documentation on arrays.

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

In Elasticsearch there is no array datatype but any data type can be an array. All of the values have to be the same data type.

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**Author:** ![Arun\_Palanisamy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Arun\_Palanisamy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Arun_Palanisamy)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/array-of-string/59214/3 "2016-08-29T19:22:29Z")

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Thank You

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/array-of-string/59214/4 "2017-07-05T22:24:21Z")

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