# Pattern replace apostrophes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 7, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pattern-replace-apostrophes/20113 "2014-10-07T13:06:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lee\_Gee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lee_gee/32/1217_2.png) [@Lee\_Gee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lee_Gee)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pattern-replace-apostrophes/20113/1 "2014-10-07T13:06:27Z")
My users have issues with apostrophes: I need to index and search "aaa's" as it is, and without the apostrophe, as "aaas". If I use a char\_filter to remove apostrophes when indexing and when searching, the \_analyze endpoint shows me that they produce 'words' without apostrophes like this (respectively): {... { end\_offset =\> 5, position =\> 1, start\_offset =\> 0, token =\> "aaas", type =\> "word", } } { end\_offset =\> 5, position =\> 1, start\_offset =\> 0, token =\> "aaas", type =\> "word", }, But there seems to be nothing I can do to find "aaas" / "aaa's" when searching! Is this expected? TIA Lee -- 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/a959fe9f-6899-47fd-a371-131c1e51071c%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a959fe9f-6899-47fd-a371-131c1e51071c%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pattern-replace-apostrophes/20113/2 "2014-10-07T19:00:00Z")
What type of query are you using? Perhaps the query you are using is not using the same analyzer at search time. -- Ivan On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 6:06 AM, Lee Gee [leegee@gmail.com](mailto:leegee@gmail.com) wrote: > My users have issues with apostrophes: I need to index and search "aaa's" > as it is, and without the apostrophe, as "aaas". > > If I use a char\_filter to remove apostrophes when indexing and when > searching, the \_analyze endpoint shows me that they produce 'words' without > apostrophes like this (respectively): > > {... { > end\_offset =\> 5, > position =\> 1, > start\_offset =\> 0, > token =\> "aaas", > type =\> "word", > } } > > { > end\_offset =\> 5, > position =\> 1, > start\_offset =\> 0, > token =\> "aaas", > type =\> "word", > }, > > But there seems to be nothing I can do to find "aaas" / "aaa's" when > searching! > > Is this expected? > > TIA > Lee > > -- > 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/a959fe9f-6899-47fd-a371-131c1e51071c%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a959fe9f-6899-47fd-a371-131c1e51071c%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a959fe9f-6899-47fd-a371-131c1e51071c%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a959fe9f-6899-47fd-a371-131c1e51071c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > 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/CALY%3DcQCOEYRTEuv75sRjh20iYS-tG%2BgBKJp6Dc75AexUkyYetQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CALY%3DcQCOEYRTEuv75sRjh20iYS-tG%2BgBKJp6Dc75AexUkyYetQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Gee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lee_gee/32/1217_2.png) [@Lee\_Gee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lee_Gee)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pattern-replace-apostrophes/20113/3 "2014-10-08T06:18:43Z")
The index uses the keyword tokenizer, with edge-ngram (and other) filters — it only wants to match from the start of the string, for autocomplete. The search analyser is also keyword, with various filters. The pattern-replace filter for apostrophes is applied to both. On Tuesday, October 7, 2014 8:00:13 PM UTC+1, Ivan Brusic wrote: > What type of query are you using? Perhaps the query you are using is not > using the same analyzer at search time. > > -- > Ivan > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 6:06 AM, Lee Gee \<[lee...@gmail.com](mailto:lee...@gmail.com) \\> > wrote: > > > My users have issues with apostrophes: I need to index and search "aaa's" > > as it is, and without the apostrophe, as "aaas". > > > > If I use a char\_filter to remove apostrophes when indexing and when > > searching, the \_analyze endpoint shows me that they produce 'words' without > > apostrophes like this (respectively): > > > > {... { > > end\_offset =\> 5, > > position =\> 1, > > start\_offset =\> 0, > > token =\> "aaas", > > type =\> "word", > > } } > > > > { > > end\_offset =\> 5, > > position =\> 1, > > start\_offset =\> 0, > > token =\> "aaas", > > type =\> "word", > > }, > > > > But there seems to be nothing I can do to find "aaas" / "aaa's" when > > searching! > > > > Is this expected? > > > > TIA > > Lee -- 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/3c5fbb3b-decc-41f6-8be6-2a1f5f37f4be%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/3c5fbb3b-decc-41f6-8be6-2a1f5f37f4be%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Gee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lee_gee/32/1217_2.png) [@Lee\_Gee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lee_Gee)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pattern-replace-apostrophes/20113/4 "2014-10-09T09:53:59Z")
The problem was that it was not an apostrophe, but an opening single quote. Have increased editor font size to address this issue. On Tuesday, October 7, 2014 8:00:13 PM UTC+1, Ivan Brusic wrote: > What type of query are you using? Perhaps the query you are using is not > using the same analyzer at search time. > > -- > Ivan > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 6:06 AM, Lee Gee \<[lee...@gmail.com](mailto:lee...@gmail.com) \\> > wrote: > > > My users have issues with apostrophes: I need to index and search "aaa's" > > as it is, and without the apostrophe, as "aaas". > > > > If I use a char\_filter to remove apostrophes when indexing and when > > searching, the \_analyze endpoint shows me that they produce 'words' without > > apostrophes like this (respectively): > > > > {... { > > end\_offset =\> 5, > > position =\> 1, > > start\_offset =\> 0, > > token =\> "aaas", > > type =\> "word", > > } } > > > > { > > end\_offset =\> 5, > > position =\> 1, > > start\_offset =\> 0, > > token =\> "aaas", > > type =\> "word", > > }, > > > > But there seems to be nothing I can do to find "aaas" / "aaa's" when > > searching! > > > > Is this expected? > > > > TIA > > Lee > > > > -- > > 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 [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a959fe9f-6899-47fd-a371-131c1e51071c%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a959fe9f-6899-47fd-a371-131c1e51071c%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a959fe9f-6899-47fd-a371-131c1e51071c%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a959fe9f-6899-47fd-a371-131c1e51071c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > 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/d8e1d1c9-cc1e-49e7-88b8-e767dd2fac08%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d8e1d1c9-cc1e-49e7-88b8-e767dd2fac08%40googlegroups.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, 12:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pattern-replace-apostrophes/20113/5 "2017-07-06T00:57:22Z")