# Simple Query String Search - Wildcard (\*) inside a phrase (" ") **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 4, 2021, 2:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-query-string-search-wildcard-inside-a-phrase/263190 "2021-02-04T02:40:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![russellmenezes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f4b2a3/32.png) [@russellmenezes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/russellmenezes)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 2:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-query-string-search-wildcard-inside-a-phrase/263190/1 "2021-02-04T02:40:19Z")
Hi every one, I've been looking all over the web on how to preform a wildcard query inside a phrase search. I have used the English Analyzer to index a text field. I have also modified the analyzer with a custom mapping filter to preserve some symbols. %=\>\u0020percent\_symbol The text field contains numbers. For example 2.5m @ 1.25ppm xyz 3.2m @ 4.5% abc I am trying to search for "@ 1_ppm xyz" or "@ 4_% abc". How do I acheve that? ---
**Author:** ![AClerk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aclerk/32/55297_2.png) [@AClerk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AClerk)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-query-string-search-wildcard-inside-a-phrase/263190/2 "2021-02-04T22:40:36Z")
[wildcard query](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-wildcard-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:** [March 4, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/simple-query-string-search-wildcard-inside-a-phrase/263190/3 "2021-03-04T22:41:01Z")
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