# Translate filter for most accurate NUMBER
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translate-filter-for-most-accurate-number/67917
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [December 3, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translate-filter-for-most-accurate-number/67917 "2016-12-03T05:31:28Z")
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### Author:  [@Hans](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hans)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translate-filter-for-most-accurate-number/67917/1 "2016-12-03T05:31:28Z")
Hi, I would like to use the translate filter to identify a match. So I have extracted the first 5 numbers and added this to different fields as per example below. Now I would like to lookup the value starting with the most accurate `NUMBER_5` to `NUMBER_1`; however once a match is found the lookup should stop and write the value to the field.
Example for Number extraction:
`Number = 27725883355 NUMBER_1 = 2 NUMBER_2 = 27 NUMBER_3 = 277 NUMBER_4 = 2772 NUMBER_5 = 27725`
Translate lookup file example:
`“27”: “SA” “277”: “SA_M” “264”: “NA” “1” “US” ….`
Current attempt for the filter:
`translate { field => "NUMBER_5" destination => "NUMBER_FINAL" dictionary_path => "/etc/DATA.yaml" } translate { field => "NUMBER_4" destination => "NUMBER_FINAL" dictionary_path => "/etc/DATA.yaml" } translate { field => "NUMBER_3" destination => "NUMBER_FINAL" dictionary_path => "/etc/DATA.yaml" } translate { field => "NUMBER_2" destination => "NUMBER_FINAL" dictionary_path => "/etc/DATA.yaml" } translate { field => "NUMBER_1" destination => "NUMBER_FINAL" dictionary_path => "/etc/DATA.yaml" }`
With the attempt above the last lookup is returned, while the more accurate one is not returned. The example as follows:
`“27”: “SA” “277”: “SA_M”`
I would like to have the SA\_M returned rather than just SA. Any assistance in getting a solution for this would be greatly appreciated.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translate-filter-for-most-accurate-number/67917/2 "2016-12-31T05:31:29Z")
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