# Help: confused by behaviour of \`hasmethod\`

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-confused-by-behaviour-of-hasmethod/67818
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [September 7, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-confused-by-behaviour-of-hasmethod/67818 "2021-09-07T14:31:21Z")
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### Author: ![essenciary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/essenciary/32/210469_2.png) [@essenciary](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/essenciary)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-confused-by-behaviour-of-hasmethod/67818/1 "2021-09-07T14:31:21Z")

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Can anybody please explain why in the following snippet `hasmethod` returns false? Thanks

```julia
julia> hasmethod(parse, Tuple{Int,String})
false

julia> parse(Int, "200")
200

```

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### Author: ![DNF](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dnf/32/10191_2.png) [@DNF](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/DNF)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-confused-by-behaviour-of-hasmethod/67818/2 "2021-09-07T14:41:41Z")

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The first input to `parse` isn’t an `Int` but a `Type{Int}`.