# Issue with finding length of a text field

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-finding-length-of-a-text-field/239786>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 3, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-finding-length-of-a-text-field/239786 "2020-07-03T11:23:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mark\_Harwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_harwood/32/10538_2.png) [@Mark\_Harwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Harwood)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-finding-length-of-a-text-field/239786/2 "2020-07-06T08:34:10Z")

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If you look at the mapping for the index it might be because you have [this problem](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-need-help-elasticsearch-does-not-match-my-regexp-wildcard-or-query-string-queries/239473)

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