Token count field type

    Create a mapping with a token count field:

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    Index three documents with text fields:

    2. { "sentence": "To be, or not to be: that is the question." }

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    1. PUT testindex/_doc/3
    2. { "sentence": "Now is the winter of our discontent." }

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    Search for sentences with fewer than 10 words:

    The response contains one matching sentence:

    1. {
    2.   "took" : 8,
    3.   "timed_out" : false,
    4.   "_shards" : {
    5.     "successful" : 1,
    6.     "skipped" : 0,
    7.     "failed" : 0
    8.   },
    9.   "hits" : {
    10.     "total" : {
    12.       "relation" : "eq"
    13.     },
    14.     "max_score" : 1.0,
    15.       {
    16.         "_index" : "testindex",
    17.         "_type" : "_doc",
    18.         "_id" : "3",
    19.         "_score" : 1.0,
    20.         "_source" : {
    21.           "sentence" : "Now is the winter of our discontent."
    22.         }
    23.       }
    24.     ]
    25. }

    Parameters

    The following table lists the parameters accepted by token count field types. The analyzer parameter is required; all other parameters are optional.