# Confusion about "Match Query"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confusion-about-match-query/57873>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 12, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confusion-about-match-query/57873 "2016-08-12T02:10:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![1222kkk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/1222kkk/32/23635_2.png) [@1222kkk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/1222kkk)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confusion-about-match-query/57873/1 "2016-08-12T02:10:35Z")

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Hi,  
In my mind, "Match Query" is available to full text queries.  
just I create a doc :

```
POST /test/test
{
    "001":"This is a test"
}

```

I thought I can get this doc by setting these:

```
 {
    "query":{
       "match":{
           "001":"This*"
             }
        }
 }

```

But it didn't work, hence I try this:

```
{
    "query":{
        "query_string": {
           "default_field": "001",
           "query": "This*"
        }
    }
}

```

failed...  
Then I tried to search "_is_":

```
{
    "query":{
        "query_string": {
           "default_field": "001",
           "query": "*is*"
        }
    }
}

```

success.

So how can I get this doc by setting just "is " or "This"? Not using "query\_string" or "match\_phrase\_prefix"

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confusion-about-match-query/57873/2 "2016-08-12T07:24:10Z")

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Try with this\* instead of This\*

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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, 10:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/confusion-about-match-query/57873/3 "2017-07-05T22:28:08Z")

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