# Is it possible to add a Space in Regex - Elasticsearch 1.7?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-add-a-space-in-regex-elasticsearch-1-7/57119
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 3, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-add-a-space-in-regex-elasticsearch-1-7/57119 "2016-08-03T14:51:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Muru](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Muru)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-add-a-space-in-regex-elasticsearch-1-7/57119/1 "2016-08-03T14:51:43Z")
"query" : {
"regexp":{
"my field": "wild nature"
}
}
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### Author:  [@cbuescher](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cbuescher)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-add-a-space-in-regex-elasticsearch-1-7/57119/2 "2016-08-03T14:59:28Z")
Why do you want a "regexp" query for this and not simply user "match\_phrase"?
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### Author:  [@Muru](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Muru)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-add-a-space-in-regex-elasticsearch-1-7/57119/3 "2016-08-03T15:03:02Z")
Hi @cbuescher,
when i query for "wild" against my field i dont want "wild nature".
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### Author:  [@cbuescher](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cbuescher)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-add-a-space-in-regex-elasticsearch-1-7/57119/4 "2016-08-03T15:08:01Z")
You could make your field "not\_analyzed" then. Just pointing out these options because regex is way slower than these kind of phrase matches.
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### Author:  [@Muru](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Muru)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-add-a-space-in-regex-elasticsearch-1-7/57119/5 "2016-08-03T15:10:11Z")
@cbuescher
Is there any possibilities for exact match(not match, match\_phrase or match\_phrase\_prefix)?
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### Author:  [@cbuescher](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cbuescher)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-add-a-space-in-regex-elasticsearch-1-7/57119/6 "2016-08-03T15:21:33Z")
Yes, use the keyword analyzer or `"index" : "not_analyzed"` in the field mappings.
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### Author:  [@Muru](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Muru)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-add-a-space-in-regex-elasticsearch-1-7/57119/7 "2016-08-03T15:36:56Z")
@cbuescher
I have already analyzed data.
Is it possible to get exact match from analyzed data?
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### Author:  [@cbuescher](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cbuescher)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-add-a-space-in-regex-elasticsearch-1-7/57119/8 "2016-08-03T15:40:13Z")
No, you need to reindex or use "match\_phrase". But that problem also isn't solved by using "regex".
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-add-a-space-in-regex-elasticsearch-1-7/57119/9 "2017-07-05T22:30:22Z")