# Extract type name only from parametric type

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extract-type-name-only-from-parametric-type/14188
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** question, parametric-types
**Created:** [August 28, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extract-type-name-only-from-parametric-type/14188 "2018-08-28T12:55:22Z")
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### Author: ![mohamed82008](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mohamed82008/32/18171_2.png) [@mohamed82008](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mohamed82008)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extract-type-name-only-from-parametric-type/14188/4 "2018-08-28T13:46:10Z")

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See the discussion in [Stripping parameter from parametric types](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stripping-parameter-from-parametric-types/8293)

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