# How to call one julia program inside another julia program?

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**Created:** [March 19, 2020, 6:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-call-one-julia-program-inside-another-julia-program/36175 "2020-03-19T06:41:40Z")\
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Suppose I have two programs: code.py and main.py. I want to call code.py in main.py. In python, we can call code.py inside main.py using the command `from main import *`. Similarly, in julia suppose I have two programs: main.jl and code.jl. How can I call code.jl inside main.jl?

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You need to `include("code".jl")` in your main.jl. Then you can call whatever function you defined in code.jl( or use variables, etc)  
If code.jl contains a module you also need to `using .Mymodule` (notice the dot).  
You will find extensive info about modules in:  
[https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/modules/#modules-1](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/modules/#modules-1)