# Error when assigning a struct, via broadcast, to an array of structs

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [September 6, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-assigning-a-struct-via-broadcast-to-an-array-of-structs/46165 "2020-09-06T23:37:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-when-assigning-a-struct-via-broadcast-to-an-array-of-structs/46165/2 "2020-09-07T00:00:23Z")

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You need

`Base.Broadcast.broadcastable(q::Foo) = Ref(q)`

Cf [Broadcasting structs as scalars - #6 by cossio](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/broadcasting-structs-as-scalars/14310/6)

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