# Looking for the right structure

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-the-right-structure/10028
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** question
**Created:** [March 28, 2018, 11:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-the-right-structure/10028 "2018-03-28T11:45:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![amrods](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/amrods/32/2543_2.png) [@amrods](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/amrods)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2018, 11:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-the-right-structure/10028/1 "2018-03-28T11:45:01Z")

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Is there any `Array`-like construct that allows me to index with non-`Int`s and that recognizes the meaning of `:` in accessing elements as in an `Array`? It’d be nice to be able to call `norm` on it as well.

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### Author: ![yakir12](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yakir12/32/297_2.png) [@yakir12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yakir12)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/looking-for-the-right-structure/10028/2 "2018-03-28T13:43:23Z")

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> **[GitHub - JuliaArrays/AxisArrays.jl: Performant arrays where each dimension...](https://github.com/JuliaArrays/AxisArrays.jl)**
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> Performant arrays where each dimension can have a named axis with values - GitHub - JuliaArrays/AxisArrays.jl: Performant arrays where each dimension can have a named axis with values