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A slider type needle for a knitting machine, comprising a needle (1) equipped with a beard (3) and a slider (2) equipped with a butt (4), with a nose (5) and with a stitch bearing shoulder (6), this slider being displaceable relative to the needle in order to close and open the beard of the needle by means of the nose of said slider and in order to drive a stitch by means of the nose and shoulder of the latter so as to execute a stitch transfer. The slider (2) has a U-shaped profile, by means of which it straddles the needle (1), and it is split (7, 15) in its end region, in order to allow an opposite needle or slider to pass through in order to carry out a stitch transfer or punching. This needle affords new knitting possibilities in particular it makes it possible to carry out punching without an auxiliary section. (FIG.)nil