# How can I use \\= with factorizations?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-use-with-factorizations/59126
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [April 12, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-use-with-factorizations/59126 "2021-04-12T17:47:56Z")
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#### Post date: [April 12, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-i-use-with-factorizations/59126/8 "2021-04-12T18:11:07Z")

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> [@giancarloantonucci](#):
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> Ah! I see. Then the question comes down to: Is there a way to add a new definition for `\=` ?

No. `x \= y` is just [syntactic sugar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntactic_sugar) for `x = x \ y`. There is no way to redefine `\=` by itself.

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