# Exact match search with wildcard using query\_string not working
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exact-match-search-with-wildcard-using-query-string-not-working/102859
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 5, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exact-match-search-with-wildcard-using-query-string-not-working/102859 "2017-10-05T15:15:07Z")
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### Author:  [@telebh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/telebh)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exact-match-search-with-wildcard-using-query-string-not-working/102859/1 "2017-10-05T15:15:07Z")
I am newbie to ES and would need help search phrase with wildcard in query\_string does not work, as it seems that query\_string treat wildcard "i.e. ?" as a character. for example i need to search for something like this"
```
"query_string":
{
"query": ""imperial colle?e london""
"fields": ["audoc.affil"]
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exact-match-search-with-wildcard-using-query-string-not-working/102859/2 "2017-11-02T15:15:16Z")
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