# Handling the Finite Element Functions

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**Created:** [March 18, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/handling-the-finite-element-functions/17249 "2025-03-18T22:36:24Z")\
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You can evaluate the basis functions at any point in your domain with `evalute_basis`

> **[Bitbucket](https://bitbucket.org/search?q=repo%3Adolfin%20Evaluate_basis&account=%7B795b0eed-436d-4242-83d7-a46a0b061354%7D)**

See for instance [Computing shape function derivatives for each cell - #8 by dokken](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/computing-shape-function-derivatives-for-each-cell/10664/8)

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