# Assigning struct to multiple variables
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/assigning-struct-to-multiple-variables/88763
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** destructuring
**Created:** [October 15, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/assigning-struct-to-multiple-variables/88763 "2022-10-15T02:33:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@HMegh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HMegh)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/assigning-struct-to-multiple-variables/88763/1 "2022-10-15T02:33:52Z")
I would like to export a struct to variables. Say I have the following struct
```julia
struct point
x::Float64
y::Float64
end
```
and I use it to define a point
```julia
A=point(3.0,4.0)
```
Is there a concise way to extract the components, like
```julia
x,y=A
```
However, this throws the following error
```julia
ERROR: MethodError: no method matching iterate(::point)
```
I am aware that `x,y=A.x, A.y` works. However, I am looking for little more concise since the structs that I work with contain many fields with long names.
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### Author:  [@Elrod](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Elrod)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/assigning-struct-to-multiple-variables/88763/2 "2022-10-15T02:52:38Z")
`(; x, y) = A`
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### Author:  [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/assigning-struct-to-multiple-variables/88763/3 "2022-10-15T03:03:50Z")
I think you mean:
```julia
(; x,y) = A
```
See [property destructuring](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/functions/#Property-destructuring) in the Julia manual.
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### Author:  [@Elrod](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Elrod)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2022, 3:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/assigning-struct-to-multiple-variables/88763/4 "2022-10-15T03:26:33Z")
I edited my comment to fix it. The parenthesis are of course necessary, as otherwise it’s equivalent to ending the previous statement (the semicolon) and then normal iterative destructuring.
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### Author:  [@photor](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/photor)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2022, 3:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/assigning-struct-to-multiple-variables/88763/5 "2022-10-15T03:39:21Z")
Unfortunately it doesn’t work in v1.6.x, but the manual doesn’t mention that.
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### Author:  [@HMegh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/HMegh)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2022, 4:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/assigning-struct-to-multiple-variables/88763/7 "2022-10-15T04:38:10Z")
Works like a charm on v1.8, thanks!
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### Author:  [@lmiq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lmiq)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/assigning-struct-to-multiple-variables/88763/8 "2022-10-15T12:33:20Z")
In 1.6 you can use
```julia
using Parameters
@unpack x, y = p
```
Ps. If you are actually representing points, take a look at FieldVector type of Static arrays.jl