# Searching text with white space **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 15, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-text-with-white-space/131835 "2018-05-15T03:05:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KenNguyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/258eb7/32.png) [@KenNguyen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KenNguyen)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-text-with-white-space/131835/1 "2018-05-15T03:05:10Z")
Hi all, I am quiet new to ElasticSearch and i am facing this issue so hopefully I can find the answer here. I am searching the full name such as "John Smith" and i expected ElasticSearch to return the documents that containing the string "John Smith" but now ElasticSearch returned to me the documents containing either "John" or "Smith". Is there any way to force ElasticSearch to return the result of "John Smith". Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-text-with-white-space/131835/2 "2018-05-15T04:22:36Z")
Depends on the query you are using. With query string query you can change `default_operator` to `AND`. See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-query-string-query.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-query-string-query.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-text-with-white-space/131835/3 "2018-06-12T04:22:53Z")
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