# Elastic search multiple reserved characters

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-multiple-reserved-characters/81838>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 10, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-multiple-reserved-characters/81838 "2017-04-10T14:35:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Emer\_Carroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/73ab20/32.png) [@Emer\_Carroll](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Emer_Carroll)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-multiple-reserved-characters/81838/1 "2017-04-10T14:35:48Z")

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The reserved characters are: + - = && || \> \< ! ( ) { } [] ^ " ~ \* ? : \ /

For instance, to search for (1+1)=2, you would need to write your query as (1+1)=2.

How would I search for multiple reserved characters:  
such as  
//////  
or ?\*-

when i do ////// it doesn't seem to work at all

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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:** [May 8, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-multiple-reserved-characters/81838/2 "2017-05-08T14:50:36Z")

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