# Variable Name with Cdot?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/variable-name-with-cdot/97838>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** unicode\
**Created:** [April 24, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/variable-name-with-cdot/97838 "2023-04-24T03:13:58Z")\
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> [@TI36XPro](#):
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> I’m probably getting carried away with unicode here, but is there any other symbol (another type of dot maybe?) I could use to replace `cdot` and not have it confused with multiplication?

The problem with doing this is that someone who later reads the code would probably think that the expression contains an actual function call, rather than being an identifier. Or they could confuse assignment with function definition (since e.g. `x+y = ... ` redefines the `+` operator.)

Even if there should exist a technical solution to this, I’m not sure if there is a _good_ solution.

BTW, there’s a related (and simultaneous) discussion here: [Add unicode symbol ⟋](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/add-unicode-symbol/97836/1)

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