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`index_prefixes`

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The index_prefixes parameter enables the indexing of term prefixes to speed up prefix searches. It accepts the following optional settings:

`min_chars`	The minimum prefix length to index. Must be greater than 0, and defaults to 2. The value is inclusive.
`max_chars`	The maximum prefix length to index. Must be less than 20, and defaults to 5. The value is inclusive.

This example creates a text field using the default prefix length settings:

PUT my_index
{
  "mappings": {
    "_doc": {
      "properties": {
        "body_text": {
          "type": "text",
          "index_prefixes": { }    
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

An empty settings object will use the default min_chars and max_chars settings

This example uses custom prefix length settings:

PUT my_index
{
  "mappings": {
    "_doc": {
      "properties": {
        "full_name": {
          "type": "text",
          "index_prefixes": {
            "min_chars" : 1,
            "max_chars" : 10
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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