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# How can I search for punctuation/special characters?

By default, we do not take punctuation into account when doing a search (we consider any punctuation character to be equivalent to a 'space').

If you would like to enable special characters in your search (for example for being able to search for the string `C++`), you'll have to edit the `separatorsToIndex` field on your index settings. In the previous example, you'll just have to add the character `+` for being able to search for it.