# MethodError: no method matching binomial

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** matlab\
**Created:** [March 14, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/methoderror-no-method-matching-binomial/21874 "2019-03-14T16:16:04Z")\
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First, please [quote your code](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-how-to-quote-code-with-backticks/7530).

Second, it is unclear what you are expecting from `binomial` when called with a `Float64` and an `Int`; as `Base.binomial` is for calculating n \choose k. Perhaps you are interested in

> **[GitHub - JuliaStats/Distributions.jl: A Julia package for probability...](https://github.com/JuliaStats/Distributions.jl)**
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> A Julia package for probability distributions and associated functions. - GitHub - JuliaStats/Distributions.jl: A Julia package for probability distributions and associated functions.

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