# Weight be position in string? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 27, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/weight-be-position-in-string/19491 "2014-08-27T12:14:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lee\_Gee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lee_gee/32/1217_2.png) [@Lee\_Gee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lee_Gee)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/weight-be-position-in-string/19491/1 "2014-08-27T12:14:57Z")
Is it possible to boost the weight a result if it is closer to the start of a string in the index? So that searching for 'bar' would weight 'foo bar baz' higher than 'foo baz bar'? I'm working with ngrams, if that helps. Thanks Lee -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/52bf1a41-b01d-4e3a-a61d-ab364afe2869%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/52bf1a41-b01d-4e3a-a61d-ab364afe2869%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 1:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/weight-be-position-in-string/19491/2 "2017-07-06T01:06:03Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 1:06am UTC