# Help me write ℒ

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-me-write/23840>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** first-steps\
**Created:** [May 4, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-me-write/23840 "2019-05-04T03:19:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![longemen3000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/longemen3000/32/7298_2.png) [@longemen3000](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/longemen3000)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-me-write/23840/1 "2019-05-04T03:19:56Z")

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i need to use this character (ℒ), but i don’t know how to write this symbol using the \ + tab combination, anyone?.  
adding to this question, how can i obtain the appropiate command to write a symbol if i have the symbol? (i copied ℒ from wikipedia)

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**Author:** ![stevengj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevengj/32/71_2.png) [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-me-write/23840/2 "2019-05-04T03:22:22Z")

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> [@longemen3000](#):
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> how can i obtain the appropiate command to write a symbol if i have the symbol?

Type it at the `help>` prompt:

```julia
help?> ℒ
"ℒ" can be typed by \scrL<tab>

```

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**Author:** ![longemen3000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/longemen3000/32/7298_2.png) [@longemen3000](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/longemen3000)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-me-write/23840/3 "2019-05-04T03:23:28Z")

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wow, the help command really is powerful!

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**Author:** ![yurivish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yurivish/32/307_2.png) [@yurivish](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yurivish)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-me-write/23840/4 "2019-05-04T12:47:07Z")

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That’s so useful! Would it make sense for char info for `‘c’` to contain that information as well?

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**Author:** ![stevengj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevengj/32/71_2.png) [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-me-write/23840/5 "2019-05-04T13:06:24Z")

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> [@yurivish](#):
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> Would it make sense for char info for `'c'` to contain that information as well?

By “char info” I assume what you mean is what is printed when you evaluate a character:

```julia
julia> 'ℒ'
'ℒ': Unicode U+2112 (category Lu: Letter, uppercase)

```

I don’t think this should print the keyboard shortcut, because that is is a property of the REPL (and related interfaces), whereas the character display is independent of the interface.