# Unable to search for a Special Character using query\_string

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-search-for-a-special-character-using-query-string/286596>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** eql-elastic-query-language\
**Created:** [October 13, 2021, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-search-for-a-special-character-using-query-string/286596 "2021-10-13T08:42:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![paramzvik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/paramzvik/32/95798_2.png) [@paramzvik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paramzvik)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-search-for-a-special-character-using-query-string/286596/1 "2021-10-13T08:42:35Z")

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Hi Developers,

I am getting zero data after querying for a special character. Can some one help me with this.  
The query I am using is as follows.  
"query\_string" : {  
"query" : ""+"",  
"fields" : ["\_\_title"],  
"default\_operator" : "and",  
"allow\_leading\_wildcard" : true,  
"boost" : 0.1,  
"analyze\_wildcard" : true  
}

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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:** [November 10, 2021, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-search-for-a-special-character-using-query-string/286596/2 "2021-11-10T08:43:21Z")

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