# Sum elements of a struct

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sum-elements-of-a-struct/80559>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** question, struct, sum\
**Created:** [May 5, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/sum-elements-of-a-struct/80559 "2022-05-05T19:03:00Z")\
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This seems like an [XY problem](https://xyproblem.info/). What are you actually trying to represent with your data structure here?

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