# Query\_string with punctuation and wildcard does not work

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-with-punctuation-and-wildcard-does-not-work/101504>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 22, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-with-punctuation-and-wildcard-does-not-work/101504 "2017-09-22T14:24:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![telebh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/telebh/32/42272_2.png) [@telebh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/telebh)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-with-punctuation-and-wildcard-does-not-work/101504/1 "2017-09-22T14:24:59Z")

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Hi there,

I have a custom analyzer on field "authlast" that replaces punctuation with space. so when search for name "saint-" i am able to get results, but when search for "saint-\*" i get no results? any idea?  
how query\_string analyze the string before submit for the search?

"query":  
{  
{  
"query\_string":{  
"query":"saint-\*",  
"fields":[  
"authlast"  
],  
"default\_operator":"AND"  
}  
}  
}

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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:** [October 20, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-with-punctuation-and-wildcard-does-not-work/101504/2 "2017-10-20T14:25:10Z")

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