# Documentation returns some unusual entries

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-returns-some-unusual-entries/112656
**Category:** VS Code
**Created:** [April 7, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-returns-some-unusual-entries/112656 "2024-04-07T23:46:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![lgmontoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@lgmontoya](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lgmontoya)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-returns-some-unusual-entries/112656/1 "2024-04-07T23:46:10Z")

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In the documentation section if I type in (say) ‘sort’ I get some descriptions for the function ‘sqrt’ (which in spelling is very similar). See below.

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VSCODE Version: 1.87.2 (Universal)  
Julia VSCODE Extension v1.75.2  
Julia v"1.10.2"  
OsX Sonoma 14.4.1  
MBP M3 Max

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### Author: ![Alexander\_Knudson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/alexander_knudson/32/215656_2.png) [@Alexander\_Knudson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Alexander_Knudson)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-returns-some-unusual-entries/112656/2 "2024-04-08T02:36:30Z")

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Basic troubleshooting first, did you hit enter after typing in the method?

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### Author: ![lgmontoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@lgmontoya](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lgmontoya)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-returns-some-unusual-entries/112656/3 "2024-04-08T02:46:28Z")

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Aye! That I did. I hit enter after typing sort.

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### Author: ![Alexander\_Knudson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/alexander_knudson/32/215656_2.png) [@Alexander\_Knudson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Alexander_Knudson)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-returns-some-unusual-entries/112656/4 "2024-04-08T03:24:34Z")

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Oh you know what, I’m seeing the same thing in VSCode as well. The first entries are for `sort`, but the last few are for `sqrt`. I wonder if the extension is also returning near matches. E.g. searching `abs` also returns `abs2` and `uabs`.

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### Author: ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2024, 10:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/documentation-returns-some-unusual-entries/112656/5 "2024-04-08T10:47:11Z")

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Yes, this is a fuzzy search (and not one particularly well implemented either).