# \_\_init\_\_ returns nothing in search of documentation

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/init-returns-nothing-in-search-of-documentation/62174>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [June 1, 2021, 6:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/init-returns-nothing-in-search-of-documentation/62174 "2021-06-01T06:32:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![purplishrock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/purplishrock/32/13451_2.png) [@purplishrock](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/purplishrock)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 6:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/init-returns-nothing-in-search-of-documentation/62174/1 "2021-06-01T06:32:05Z")

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I recently learned there was such a thing an ` __init__ ` for modules as described here

[module initialization](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/modules/#Module-initialization-and-precompilation)

But if I put ` __init__ ` into the search box it returns absolutely nothing.

Aside from the fact that I could have found this with just a little bit of digging around in the Modules documentation I’m wondering if this constitutes a buglet in the search function of the documentation.

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**Author:** ![fredrikekre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fredrikekre/32/1688_2.png) [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 7:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/init-returns-nothing-in-search-of-documentation/62174/2 "2021-06-01T07:07:45Z")

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It looks like the docstring for ` __init__ ` isn’t included in the manual so adding that would probably help at least.