# Sorting of fields with special charecters

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-of-fields-with-special-charecters/115481>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 15, 2018, 6:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-of-fields-with-special-charecters/115481 "2018-01-15T06:45:39Z")\
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**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:** [January 15, 2018, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-of-fields-with-special-charecters/115481/2 "2018-01-15T07:28:44Z")

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> but the sort does not return a correct order.

What does it return? Why do you think it's not the correct order? What would you expect?

Could you provide a full recreation script as described in

> [@About the Elasticsearch category](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21):
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It will help to better understand what you are doing.  
Please, try to keep the example as simple as possible.

Anyway, it's often a question of analyzers. You can analyze the same text for different purposes with subfields (aka multifields) and use one method for searching and the other for sorting.

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