# Elastic Search Search for Special Characters on not\_analyzed field

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-search-for-special-characters-on-not-analyzed-field/88088>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 2, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-search-for-special-characters-on-not-analyzed-field/88088 "2017-06-02T13:45:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![raj.shah1593](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@raj.shah1593](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/raj.shah1593)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-search-for-special-characters-on-not-analyzed-field/88088/1 "2017-06-02T13:45:21Z")

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Hello,

I am using Elasticsearch v5.2.2 currently.  
I have some special characters in my field and the field is not\_analyzed.

How does ES treat special characters in a not\_analyzed field?

For example,  
If the field name is: 'marks' with value: '50.5'.  
Now, how will ES treat the inputs: '50.5' (with the same special character) & '505' (without special character)?

Thanks in advance.

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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:** [June 30, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-search-for-special-characters-on-not-analyzed-field/88088/2 "2017-06-30T13:45:49Z")

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