## TL;DR

All you have to do is pass another keyword argument search\_method="LEXICAL" to the.search() method here is how your code should look like: `` result = mq.index("my-index").search(q='keyword', search\_method="LEXICAL") ` ` results = mq.index("my-index").search( q="keyword" ) ` 2. this is how the output look like: `` {'hits': [{'Description': "document_1_description", 'Title': 'document_1_title', '_highlights': best_match, '_id': 'd65454db-680c-4f77-8c82-f9aaea66efa1', '_score': 0.5562359},...

## When to use

Use this skill when you run into "How to perform a keyword search in marqo".

## When not to use

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## Versions

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## Steps

1. All you have to do is pass another keyword argument `search_method="LEXICAL"` to the `.search()` method here is how your code should look like:

``` result = mq.index("my-index").search(q='keyword', search_method="LEXICAL") ```

``` results = mq.index("my-index").search( q="keyword" ) ```

2. this is how the output look like: ``` {'hits': [{'Description': "document_1_description", 'Title': 'document_1_title', '_highlights': best_match, '_id': 'd65454db-680c-4f77-8c82-f9aaea66efa1', '_score': 0.5562359},...

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