# Search within array
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-within-array/21856
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 27, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-within-array/21856 "2015-01-27T20:57:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@roger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/roger)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-within-array/21856/1 "2015-01-27T20:57:13Z")
I'm searching on an array of objects
The problem is when I search using query string
[http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-query-string-query.html#query-dsl-query-string-query](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-query-string-query.html#query-dsl-query-string-query),
it matches the text split in different objects (different array positions).
Is there a way to avoid this behavior and search the query string within
the same array position?
I know that I could index the field with a high position\_offset\_gap and
search using phrase, but I don't need the text to be in order, only within
the same array position
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-within-array/21856/2 "2017-07-06T00:36:19Z")