elasticsearch/docs/reference/analysis/tokenizers/standard-tokenizer.asciidoc

[[analysis-standard-tokenizer]]
=== Standard tokenizer
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<titleabbrev>Standard</titleabbrev>
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The `standard` tokenizer provides grammar based tokenization (based on the
Unicode Text Segmentation algorithm, as specified in
https://unicode.org/reports/tr29/[Unicode Standard Annex #29]) and works well
for most languages.

[discrete]
=== Example output

[source,console]
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POST _analyze
{
  "tokenizer": "standard",
  "text": "The 2 QUICK Brown-Foxes jumped over the lazy dog's bone."
}
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[source,console-result]
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{
  "tokens": [
    {
      "token": "The",
      "start_offset": 0,
      "end_offset": 3,
      "type": "<ALPHANUM>",
      "position": 0
    },
    {
      "token": "2",
      "start_offset": 4,
      "end_offset": 5,
      "type": "<NUM>",
      "position": 1
    },
    {
      "token": "QUICK",
      "start_offset": 6,
      "end_offset": 11,
      "type": "<ALPHANUM>",
      "position": 2
    },
    {
      "token": "Brown",
      "start_offset": 12,
      "end_offset": 17,
      "type": "<ALPHANUM>",
      "position": 3
    },
    {
      "token": "Foxes",
      "start_offset": 18,
      "end_offset": 23,
      "type": "<ALPHANUM>",
      "position": 4
    },
    {
      "token": "jumped",
      "start_offset": 24,
      "end_offset": 30,
      "type": "<ALPHANUM>",
      "position": 5
    },
    {
      "token": "over",
      "start_offset": 31,
      "end_offset": 35,
      "type": "<ALPHANUM>",
      "position": 6
    },
    {
      "token": "the",
      "start_offset": 36,
      "end_offset": 39,
      "type": "<ALPHANUM>",
      "position": 7
    },
    {
      "token": "lazy",
      "start_offset": 40,
      "end_offset": 44,
      "type": "<ALPHANUM>",
      "position": 8
    },
    {
      "token": "dog's",
      "start_offset": 45,
      "end_offset": 50,
      "type": "<ALPHANUM>",
      "position": 9
    },
    {
      "token": "bone",
      "start_offset": 51,
      "end_offset": 55,
      "type": "<ALPHANUM>",
      "position": 10
    }
  ]
}
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The above sentence would produce the following terms:

[source,text]
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[ The, 2, QUICK, Brown, Foxes, jumped, over, the, lazy, dog's, bone ]
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[discrete]
=== Configuration

The `standard` tokenizer accepts the following parameters:

[horizontal]
`max_token_length`::

    The maximum token length. If a token is seen that exceeds this length then
    it is split at `max_token_length` intervals. Defaults to `255`.

[discrete]
=== Example configuration

In this example, we configure the `standard` tokenizer to have a
`max_token_length` of 5 (for demonstration purposes):

[source,console]
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PUT my-index-000001
{
  "settings": {
    "analysis": {
      "analyzer": {
        "my_analyzer": {
          "tokenizer": "my_tokenizer"
        }
      },
      "tokenizer": {
        "my_tokenizer": {
          "type": "standard",
          "max_token_length": 5
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

POST my-index-000001/_analyze
{
  "analyzer": "my_analyzer",
  "text": "The 2 QUICK Brown-Foxes jumped over the lazy dog's bone."
}
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[source,console-result]
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{
  "tokens": [
    {
      "token": "The",
      "start_offset": 0,
      "end_offset": 3,
      "type": "<ALPHANUM>",
      "position": 0
    },
    {
      "token": "2",
      "start_offset": 4,
      "end_offset": 5,
      "type": "<NUM>",
      "position": 1
    },
    {
      "token": "QUICK",
      "start_offset": 6,
      "end_offset": 11,
      "type": "<ALPHANUM>",
      "position": 2
    },
    {
      "token": "Brown",
      "start_offset": 12,
      "end_offset": 17,
      "type": "<ALPHANUM>",
      "position": 3
    },
    {
      "token": "Foxes",
      "start_offset": 18,
      "end_offset": 23,
      "type": "<ALPHANUM>",
      "position": 4
    },
    {
      "token": "jumpe",
      "start_offset": 24,
      "end_offset": 29,
      "type": "<ALPHANUM>",
      "position": 5
    },
    {
      "token": "d",
      "start_offset": 29,
      "end_offset": 30,
      "type": "<ALPHANUM>",
      "position": 6
    },
    {
      "token": "over",
      "start_offset": 31,
      "end_offset": 35,
      "type": "<ALPHANUM>",
      "position": 7
    },
    {
      "token": "the",
      "start_offset": 36,
      "end_offset": 39,
      "type": "<ALPHANUM>",
      "position": 8
    },
    {
      "token": "lazy",
      "start_offset": 40,
      "end_offset": 44,
      "type": "<ALPHANUM>",
      "position": 9
    },
    {
      "token": "dog's",
      "start_offset": 45,
      "end_offset": 50,
      "type": "<ALPHANUM>",
      "position": 10
    },
    {
      "token": "bone",
      "start_offset": 51,
      "end_offset": 55,
      "type": "<ALPHANUM>",
      "position": 11
    }
  ]
}
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The above example produces the following terms:

[source,text]
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[ The, 2, QUICK, Brown, Foxes, jumpe, d, over, the, lazy, dog's, bone ]
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