# Search for String Literal in KQL **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [January 7, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-for-string-literal-in-kql/260482 "2021-01-07T19:19:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Samsquantch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Samsquantch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Samsquantch)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-for-string-literal-in-kql/260482/1 "2021-01-07T19:19:22Z")
How do I search for a literal string value? Current example query: Subject : "[External Sender] Test" Brings back what I'm looking for, but also the following: [External Sender] test-results.pdf [External Sender] Test - Monthly Activity CN I would like to return only docs that has that exact subject, including case sensitivity and the special characters. ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-for-string-literal-in-kql/260482/2 "2021-01-07T20:04:21Z")
Hi @Samsquantch welcome to the community. Perhaps, take a looks at this [article](https://www.elastic.co/blog/strings-are-dead-long-live-strings) I suspect you have not defined any mappings so you are indexing both text and keywords so assuming you are using Discover your query would look like `Subject.keyword : "[External Sender] Test"` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-for-string-literal-in-kql/260482/3 "2021-02-04T20:04:32Z")
This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.