# Searching unicode characters in Visual Studio Code
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/searching-unicode-characters-in-visual-studio-code/94722
**Category:** Performance
**Tags:** vscode, unicode
**Created:** [February 16, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/searching-unicode-characters-in-visual-studio-code/94722 "2023-02-16T13:16:53Z")
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### Author:  [@erlebach](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/erlebach)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/searching-unicode-characters-in-visual-studio-code/94722/1 "2023-02-16T13:16:53Z")
I love Julia and Visual Studio Code (VSC), and I have adopted Unicode characters such as `\omega[tab]`. However, how do I search for those characters using VSC? I have not figured this out or found any information that allows me to search `easily!` using the same notation used in Julia programming. The best I have found so far is to copy/paste the Unicode from the REPL and put it into the search box. But surely somebody has written an extension to simplify this process? Or is there some issue that makes this impossible?
Any hints on how to proceed are appreciated. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/searching-unicode-characters-in-visual-studio-code/94722/2 "2023-02-16T13:42:27Z")
I use the extension `Fast Unicode Math Characters`. It works in the editor, and need to copy from there to the search box.
With CTRL+Shift+P you can search for Symbols to get to the extension Unicode Math Symbols Guide, [shown here](https://github.com/mvoidex/UnicodeMath/blob/master/table.md).