# Calling repl from Julia code?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/calling-repl-from-julia-code/7263
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** repl
**Created:** [November 23, 2017, 9:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/calling-repl-from-julia-code/7263 "2017-11-23T09:14:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Gyslain](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Gyslain)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2017, 9:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/calling-repl-from-julia-code/7263/1 "2017-11-23T09:14:24Z")
Hey, I would like to launch the REPL from a script in order to have an interactive session at a point of execution of my Julia program.
`Base._start()` start the REPL, but after that, the program is stuck in the loop of the REPL without having the control on it.
If I call the `Base._start()` from the REPL, I get a new working REPL. Instantiated variables from the first REPL are still reachable in the second one.
can a script launch a new window terminal with a REPL inside?
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### Author:  [@thautwarm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/thautwarm)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/calling-repl-from-julia-code/7263/2 "2019-08-20T12:55:24Z")
@Gyslain Have you found a solution?
**EDIT: also looking for such a thing**
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### Author:  [@thautwarm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/thautwarm)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/calling-repl-from-julia-code/7263/3 "2019-08-20T17:22:45Z")
Use `Base.run_repl(Base.active_repl)` to call REPL anywhere, and enter CTRL+D to leave the (sub-) REPL.
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### Author:  [@joaquimg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/joaquimg)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/calling-repl-from-julia-code/7263/4 "2023-01-28T16:39:09Z")
Is there a way to do it in recent versions?
`Base.run_repl` does not exist.
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### Author:  [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/calling-repl-from-julia-code/7263/5 "2023-01-28T16:46:03Z")
```julia
julia> using REPL
help?> REPL
search: REPL replace replace!
Run Evaluate Print Loop (REPL)
Example minimal code
import REPL
term = REPL.Terminals.TTYTerminal("dumb", stdin, stdout, stderr)
repl = REPL.LineEditREPL(term, true)
REPL.run_repl(repl)
```