# Why is :1 === 1?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-1-1/71752
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [November 19, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-1-1/71752 "2021-11-19T00:08:25Z")
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### Author: ![jzr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jzr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jzr)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-1-1/71752/1 "2021-11-19T00:08:25Z")

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```julia
julia> :1 === 1
true

```

I don’t know what else it would be, but why that?

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### Author: ![Keno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/keno/32/285_2.png) [@Keno](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Keno)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-1-1/71752/2 "2021-11-19T00:14:47Z")

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People sometimes think of `:` as the symbol operator as in `:abc`, but it’s actually the quote operator, and integers are literals. See e.g. [CSE341 Lecture Notes 14: Scheme: Quote, Quasiquote, and Metaprogramming](https://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse341/04wi/lectures/14-scheme-quote.html) for more information on quotes.

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### Author: ![giordano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/giordano/32/2166_2.png) [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-1-1/71752/3 "2021-11-19T00:36:26Z")

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Related:  
[https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/43054](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/43054)