# Difference between df.column and df\[!, :column\]

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**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** question, dataframes\
**Created:** [July 23, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/difference-between-df-column-and-df-column/43530 "2020-07-23T01:37:56Z")\
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Thanks. I did not know that. Very helpful. (much shorter syntax!)  
I actually was not aware that there is some implicit promotion from string to symbol here.

Interesting (I just read the other interesting thread about symbols here [When should a function accept a symbol as an argument?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-should-a-function-accept-a-symbol-as-an-argument/43510))

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