# REPL tab completion

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/repl-tab-completion/84000>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [July 9, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/repl-tab-completion/84000 "2022-07-09T19:18:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![hros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/97f17d/32.png) [@hros](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hros)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/repl-tab-completion/84000/1 "2022-07-09T19:18:03Z")

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when typing a function name directly (without spaces) after an operator which is not a “standard operator” (e.g., +, -, \*, /, ^, =) auto completion does not work.  
This applies both to built-in operators (e.g., ÷, ⊻, ∈, ≈) as well as user defined operators (e.g., ⊕, ⊗)

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**Author:** ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/repl-tab-completion/84000/2 "2022-07-10T07:31:43Z")

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This sounds like it shod be a Github issue.

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**Author:** ![hros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/97f17d/32.png) [@hros](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hros)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 7:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/repl-tab-completion/84000/3 "2022-07-10T07:53:52Z")

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opened an [issue](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/45984)