# Searching for strings with \`@\` at symbol as the prefix

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/searching-for-strings-with-at-symbol-as-the-prefix/82538
**Category:** Meta Discussion
**Created:** [June 10, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/searching-for-strings-with-at-symbol-as-the-prefix/82538 "2022-06-10T02:45:31Z")
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### Author: ![akvsak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/akvsak/32/37038_2.png) [@akvsak](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/akvsak)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2022, 6:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/searching-for-strings-with-at-symbol-as-the-prefix/82538/3 "2022-06-10T06:49:41Z")

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thanks for the response. Based on your clue, I did some experimenting and found that putting a space before the @string and the whole thing within quotes gave results. i.e. `" @time"` or `" @btime"`

so basically the sequence `"` + `<space>` + `@`+ `searchString` + `"` seems to work. 🙂

 ![spacetime](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/0/8/08c8ba6262871dd8198948b3b8eeec0718a8fab0.jpeg)

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