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Configuring Search for Cities with '-' Characters

TLDR gab asked how to configure search for cities with '-' characters. Kishore Nallan guided to define '-' as token_separators while creating the collection.

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gab

07:17 AM

Hi,
I have cities containing '-' characters like this one: 'Plan-les-ouates'.
How can I configure the search so I can found them when querying without the '-' like this: 'plan les ouates' ?
Thanks

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Kishore Nallan

07:22 AM

You have to define - as token_separators while creating the collection. E.g.

{
   "name":"docs",
   "token_separators":[
      "-"
   ],
   "fields":[
      {
         "name":"title",
         "type":"string"
      },
      {
         "name":"points",
         "type":"int32"
      }
   ]
}

gab

07:25 AM

Ah perfect, works well, thanks!

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