# Included code behaves different than code in place

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/included-code-behaves-different-than-code-in-place/52983>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [January 7, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/included-code-behaves-different-than-code-in-place/52983 "2021-01-07T11:47:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/included-code-behaves-different-than-code-in-place/52983/2 "2021-01-07T11:52:29Z")

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> [@Is "include" safe to use inside a function?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-include-safe-to-use-inside-a-function/10867):
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> Is the following safe to do? #testinclude.jl a = 2 julia\> function f() include("testinclude.jl") return a end f (generic function with 1 method) julia\> f() 2

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