# How to extract the names of functions from a Julia file?

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Maybe not the simplest, but this works  
Skip the following if that file already contains a module:

```julia
module dummy
    include("yourFile.jl")
end

```

then

```julia
syms = names( dummy, all = true )
filter( x->getproperty(dummy,x) isa Function, syms )

```

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