# Does "while" start a new scope now?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-while-start-a-new-scope-now/15341
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [September 22, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-while-start-a-new-scope-now/15341 "2018-09-22T16:42:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@NKC](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NKC)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-while-start-a-new-scope-now/15341/1 "2018-09-22T16:42:21Z")
Hello,
Does “while” start a new scope now?
Below code was not working without global y definition?
Am I wrong?
```julia
function f3()
y=0
while y<5
y=y+1
print("f3: y=",y,"\n")
end
end
```
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### Author:  [@Sukera](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sukera)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-while-start-a-new-scope-now/15341/2 "2018-09-22T16:44:26Z")
Yes [it does](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/variables-and-scoping/), but in a function it should still use the one from the containing scope. Which version are you running? The code works for me, but only after fixing your broken `"` in the print statement (notice how they are differing later in the same line).
By the way, you can create code blocks in Discourse by wrapping your code in triple backticks (```).
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### Author:  [@NKC](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NKC)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-while-start-a-new-scope-now/15341/3 "2018-09-22T16:53:09Z")
Sorry I couldn’t remember back ticks.
Was it doing after ver 1.0.0 (2018-08-08)? May be I remember wrong…
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### Author:  [@Sukera](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sukera)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-while-start-a-new-scope-now/15341/4 "2018-09-22T16:55:08Z")
I’ve just tested it on both 0.7 and 1.0, both worked fine for me.
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### Author:  [@NKC](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NKC)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-while-start-a-new-scope-now/15341/5 "2018-09-22T16:56:04Z")
Ok thank you.
This means I need a holiday…