# Search without special characters

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-without-special-characters/132747>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 22, 2018, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-without-special-characters/132747 "2018-05-22T08:15:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![lea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@lea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lea)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-without-special-characters/132747/1 "2018-05-22T08:15:01Z")

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Suppose I have values like `CA-123` and `C-A123` and `CA1-23` and so on indexed in my ElasticSearch. Is there a way to find these values by searching with the value `CA123` using java API?

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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:** [June 19, 2018, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-without-special-characters/132747/2 "2018-06-19T08:15:10Z")

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