# Simple\_query\_string and query\_string not working as expected
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-query-string-and-query-string-not-working-as-expected/352905
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** eql-elastic-query-language
**Created:** [February 9, 2024, 5:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-query-string-and-query-string-not-working-as-expected/352905 "2024-02-09T05:05:27Z")
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### Author:  [@Sankar\_S](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sankar_S)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 5:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-query-string-and-query-string-not-working-as-expected/352905/1 "2024-02-09T05:05:27Z")
I have a title field in document
1 document has $kitkat as value and another has "title" : "Testing Special\_character #Elastic Search in $reference entry search"
```auto
{
"query": {
"bool": {
"must": [
{
"query_string": {
"query": "$kitka* \\$referen*",
"fields": ["title", "title.raw", "title.whitespace_split"]
}
}
]
}
}
}
```
Fetches only one document matching for $kitka\*
But if i pass $ref\* then it fetches both document. Till //$refer\* it works, The moment i add //$refere it is not working. what is the reason?
And I have a document with "title" : "Toddler- $kitkat @taste &roll ^yart !here #you %ice ^oops \*jam (pot) [beat] pep |old {jet} `egg /lol",
```auto
{
"query": {
"bool": {
"must": [
{
"simple_query_string": { // or query_string
"query": "jet\\}* pot\\)* beat\\]*",
"fields": ["title", "title.raw", "title.whitespace_split"]
}
}
]
}
}
}
```
also not fetching the document.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2024, 5:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-query-string-and-query-string-not-working-as-expected/352905/2 "2024-03-08T05:06:16Z")
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