# Search by Numbers
Making search queries in instances of fields containing numbers is very similar to searching for fields of type field:word. The main difference is that, when searching for a range numbers you can use the following operators:
| operator | meaning | syntax | example |
|---|---|---|---|
> | higher than | value:>50 | try (opens new window) |
>= | higher than or equal to | value:>=50 | try (opens new window) |
< | lower than | value:<50 | try (opens new window) |
<= | lower than or equal to | value:<=50 | try (opens new window) |
When you want to search for records where the value of a field is equal to a given number you just enter the name of the field followed by the value as in field:value or, as in our example, value:50.
The video included below shows how to do search queries in numerical fields with the help of the above mentioned operators:
If you want to search records fields where the value of a feld is within a range of numbers, there is also a much more easier alternative than using structured search or inserting the term AND between two numerical expressions as in (value:>50 AND value :<100000) - try it here (opens new window). Indeed, ElasticSearch - the search engine adopted in the CoB platform - also supports a specific, more manageable, syntax (opens new window) suited to use cases involving a range of numbers. Thus, we could write a search query for the same range of numbers - all values higher than 50 and lower than 100 000 - in the following way:
value:[50 TO 100000]- example (opens new window).
The expression is very easy to understand: name_of_the_field:[start number TO end number].
If you don't want either the start number or the end number or even both of them to show up in the search results, you can replace [ or/and ] by { or/and }. For instance, staying with our example, if we didn't want the value 50 to appear in search results but still wanted to search for all numbers between 51 and 100 000, we would change the expression to:
value:{50 TO 100000]- example (opens new window).
The same would apply to 100 000:
value:[50 TO 1000000}- example (opens new window).
In case you don't want to use a specic start number or end number, you can replace with an asterisk - * -:
value:[50 TO *]- example (opens new window).value[* TO 100000]- example (opens new window).
Here is a video of how it works out in practice: