# How can I use an array of phrases to be searched in an index
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-an-array-of-phrases-to-be-searched-in-an-index/185934
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [June 15, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-an-array-of-phrases-to-be-searched-in-an-index/185934 "2019-06-15T11:33:20Z")
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### Author:  [@aiswarya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aiswarya)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-an-array-of-phrases-to-be-searched-in-an-index/185934/1 "2019-06-15T11:33:20Z")
Im having an array of phrases ,and I need these to be searched inside an index which I made with crawled data..is there any way to do this
Thanks in advance
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-an-array-of-phrases-to-be-searched-in-an-index/185934/2 "2019-06-15T12:01:53Z")
What should match? All terms? All phrases? Some phrases?
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### Author:  [@aiswarya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aiswarya)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-an-array-of-phrases-to-be-searched-in-an-index/185934/3 "2019-06-15T12:05:29Z")
some phrases or all phrases ..if all phrases are present in a heading it should get the highest score
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-an-array-of-phrases-to-be-searched-in-an-index/185934/4 "2019-06-15T16:38:48Z")
So a `bool` query with a `should` array where you put as many `match_phrase` queries as you need.
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### Author:  [@aiswarya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aiswarya)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-an-array-of-phrases-to-be-searched-in-an-index/185934/5 "2019-06-15T16:50:15Z")
I need something like
Var array=["software development","elastic search is great"];
"match":{"heading": array}
The size of an array can be varied.
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-an-array-of-phrases-to-be-searched-in-an-index/185934/6 "2019-06-15T17:32:15Z")
Try what I said.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-an-array-of-phrases-to-be-searched-in-an-index/185934/7 "2019-07-13T17:32:16Z")
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