# Broadcast over . (getfield) in 0.6

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/broadcast-over-getfield-in-0-6/2335>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question, broadcast\
**Created:** [February 27, 2017, 10:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/broadcast-over-getfield-in-0-6/2335 "2017-02-27T10:17:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/broadcast-over-getfield-in-0-6/2335/4 "2017-02-27T14:57:57Z")

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For broadcasting, you need one of two forms, for functions `f` in general you do `f.(args...)` or use [dot operators](http://docs.julialang.org/en/latest/manual/mathematical-operations.html#man-dot-operators-1), e.g. `a .+ b`. The problem here is that `.` (dot) by itself is not an operator, so there can’t be a dot operator version for it.

If you want a compact form you could still define your own operator, though. E.g.

```julia
↦(s, f) = getfield(s, f)
pairs .↦ :a
pairs .↦ 1

```

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