# How to escape dot notation in get function?

**URL:** <https://community.make.com/t/how-to-escape-dot-notation-in-get-function/75881>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** get-function, functions, json\
**Created:** [March 21, 2025, 8:30am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-escape-dot-notation-in-get-function/75881 "2025-03-21T08:30:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![CSchulz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/cschulz/32/58540_2.png) [@CSchulz](https://community.make.com/u/CSchulz)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 8:30am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-escape-dot-notation-in-get-function/75881/1 "2025-03-21T08:30:08Z")

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I have a collection containing keys with dot in them.

How should I use the get function to get the value of them?  
I have tried to escape it with \ or to use qutotation marks, but both are not working.

```auto
// not working
{{get(bodyData; "custom.element")}}
// not working
{{get(bodyData; "custom\.element")}}
// not working
{{get(bodyData; """custom.element""")}}

```

```auto
bodyData: {
  "user_name": "CSchulz",
  "custom.element": "1000",
}

```

Any idea how I can access this value?

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**Author:** ![ponvaskon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/ponvaskon/32/67139_2.png) [@ponvaskon](https://community.make.com/u/ponvaskon)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 8:54am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-escape-dot-notation-in-get-function/75881/2 "2025-03-21T08:54:58Z")

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Please provide an example of the input data structure.

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**Author:** ![CSchulz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/cschulz/32/58540_2.png) [@CSchulz](https://community.make.com/u/CSchulz)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 9:08am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-escape-dot-notation-in-get-function/75881/3 "2025-03-21T09:08:41Z")

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The solution is very simple but it seems not documentated at all.

Use backticks:

```auto
{{get(data; "`custom.element`")}}

// Works also with the dot notation
{{get(data; "1.`custom.element`")}}

```

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**Author:** ![Make\_Bot](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/make_bot/32/14661_2.png) [@Make\_Bot](https://community.make.com/u/Make_Bot)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 8:31am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-escape-dot-notation-in-get-function/75881/4 "2025-04-04T08:31:43Z")

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