# How to discover functions which apply to a given object?

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**Created:** [February 22, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-discover-functions-which-apply-to-a-given-object/21087 "2019-02-22T17:15:22Z")
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> [@mboratko](#):
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> It’s not entirely clear to me why.

See the documentation of `methodswith`, in particular the `supertypes` keyword.

Also, please don’t post screenshots, [quote code instead](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-how-to-quote-code-with-backticks/7530).

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