# Tokenizing terms with punctuation

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tokenizing-terms-with-punctuation/6933
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 7, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tokenizing-terms-with-punctuation/6933 "2012-03-07T15:38:12Z")
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### Author: ![nurikabe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nurikabe/32/2192_2.png) [@nurikabe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nurikabe)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tokenizing-terms-with-punctuation/6933/1 "2012-03-07T15:38:12Z")

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Hi All,

I think I'm overlooking something in the docs: Wondering if there is a way  
to define "special" tokens that include punctuation. For example, "C++",  
"Yahoo!", etc.

Thanks!

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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: [July 6, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tokenizing-terms-with-punctuation/6933/2 "2017-07-06T03:36:49Z")

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