# Multichar delimiter in path\_hierarchy tokenizer **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 6, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multichar-delimiter-in-path-hierarchy-tokenizer/16203 "2014-03-06T17:25:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![damienclaveau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aca169/32.png) [@damienclaveau](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/damienclaveau)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multichar-delimiter-in-path-hierarchy-tokenizer/16203/1 "2014-03-06T17:25:56Z")
Hi, At the moment, the delimiter in a path\_hierarchy tokenizer must be a single char. For example, something like this is not allowed : "tokenizer": { "arrow\_path\_tokenizer": { "type": "path\_hierarchy", "delimiter": "--\>" } } Please, can some somebody give advice on which other tokenizer I could configure to obtain the same behaviour as the path\_hierarchy tokenizer but with my "--\>" delimiter ? -- View this message in context: [http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/multichar-delimiter-in-path-hierarchy-tokenizer-tp4051191.html](http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/multichar-delimiter-in-path-hierarchy-tokenizer-tp4051191.html) Sent from the ElasticSearch Users mailing list archive at [Nabble.com](http://Nabble.com). -- 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/1394126756149-4051191.post%40n3.nabble.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1394126756149-4051191.post%40n3.nabble.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Clinton\_Gormley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 12:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multichar-delimiter-in-path-hierarchy-tokenizer/16203/2 "2014-03-11T12:00:57Z")
You could fake it using the pattern\_replace character filter: curl -XPUT "[http://localhost:9200/myindex](http://localhost:9200/myindex)" -d' { "settings": { "analysis": { "analyzer": { "arrow": { "tokenizer": "path\_hierarchy", "char\_filter": [ "arrow\_to\_slash" ] } }, "char\_filter": { "arrow\_to\_slash": { "type": "pattern\_replace", "pattern": "--\>", "replacement": "/" } } } } }' curl -XGET "[http://localhost:9200/myindex/\_analyze?analyzer=arrow](http://localhost:9200/myindex/_analyze?analyzer=arrow)" -d ' foo--\>bar--\>baz ' { "tokens": [ { "token": "foo", "start\_offset": 0, "end\_offset": 3, "type": "word", "position": 1 }, { "token": "foo/bar", "start\_offset": 0, "end\_offset": 9, "type": "word", "position": 1 }, { "token": "foo/bar/baz", "start\_offset": 0, "end\_offset": 15, "type": "word", "position": 1 } ] } On 6 March 2014 18:25, damienclaveau [damien.claveau@gmail.com](mailto:damien.claveau@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > At the moment, the delimiter in a path\_hierarchy tokenizer must be a single > char. > > For example, something like this is not allowed : > "tokenizer": { > "arrow\_path\_tokenizer": { > "type": "path\_hierarchy", > "delimiter": "--\>" > } > } > > Please, can some somebody give advice on which other tokenizer I could > configure > to obtain the same behaviour as the path\_hierarchy tokenizer but with my > "--\>" delimiter ? > > -- > View this message in context: > [http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/multichar-delimiter-in-path-hierarchy-tokenizer-tp4051191.html](http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/multichar-delimiter-in-path-hierarchy-tokenizer-tp4051191.html) > Sent from the Elasticsearch Users mailing list archive at [Nabble.com](http://Nabble.com). > > -- > 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/1394126756149-4051191.post%40n3.nabble.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1394126756149-4051191.post%40n3.nabble.com) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- 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/CAPt3XKQ91zvxp%3DrApq-fzMMg\_mQjCa6zuGM1UcL6zCByPTEk4Q%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAPt3XKQ91zvxp%3DrApq-fzMMg_mQjCa6zuGM1UcL6zCByPTEk4Q%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 1:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multichar-delimiter-in-path-hierarchy-tokenizer/16203/3 "2017-07-06T01:44:16Z")