# How do i give a type signature to julia's help mode? \`?(::String, ::String)\` gives

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [March 12, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-give-a-type-signature-to-julias-help-mode-string-string-gives/57047 "2021-03-12T22:39:09Z")\
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how do i give a type signature to julia’s help mode? `?(::String, ::String)` gives something like `*`  
or `::Int`and get back every function where ::Int shows up as an argument. For stuff like `Any` it would be absurd, i think it’d be nice for types that don’t have a ton of overloads.

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**Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-give-a-type-signature-to-julias-help-mode-string-string-gives/57047/2 "2021-03-12T22:41:13Z")

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**Author:** ![anandj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e495f1/32.png) [@anandj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/anandj)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-i-give-a-type-signature-to-julias-help-mode-string-string-gives/57047/3 "2021-03-12T23:41:29Z")

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[https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/38791](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/38791)