# Is concatenated search possible, where whitespace may or may not exist? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 25, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-concatenated-search-possible-where-whitespace-may-or-may-not-exist/17209 "2014-04-25T21:04:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Raja\_Akhtar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/raja_akhtar/32/772_2.png) [@Raja\_Akhtar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Raja_Akhtar)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-concatenated-search-possible-where-whitespace-may-or-may-not-exist/17209/1 "2014-04-25T21:04:24Z")
Hi there I'm facing a problem when searching for something where whitespace may or may not exists. Currently we have no issue performing the following: "cross trainer" returning results for "cross trainer" and "crosstrainer" However, we're looking to get results from searching "crosstrainer" to give us "cross trainer" Another example Searching "train station" gives us both "train station" and "trainstation" but it wont work vice versa so searching "trainstation" will not return "train station" We're seen others have the same issue but would like to know if it's possible to get a fix for this. It't the last outstanding issue we have at the moment. Thanks for all the help -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1b2ece9a-ba93-42f9-9ed2-af946151ebda%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1b2ece9a-ba93-42f9-9ed2-af946151ebda%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-concatenated-search-possible-where-whitespace-may-or-may-not-exist/17209/2 "2014-04-26T00:57:00Z")
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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 6, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-concatenated-search-possible-where-whitespace-may-or-may-not-exist/17209/3 "2017-07-06T01:33:19Z")