Finding exact match using Lucene search API

Question

I\'m working on a company search API using Lucene. My Lucene company index has got 2 companies: 1.Abigail Adams National Bancorp, Inc. 2.National Bancorp

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Answer 1

I googled a lot with no help for the same problem. After scratching my head for a while I found the solution. Search the string within double quotes, that will solve your problem.

National Bancorp will return both #1 and #2 but "National Bancorp" will return only #2.