# Unexpected "end"
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unexpected-end/17579
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [November 15, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unexpected-end/17579 "2018-11-15T21:34:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@joa-quim](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/joa-quim)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unexpected-end/17579/1 "2018-11-15T21:34:00Z")
Is this on purpose? I was clearly expecting that `end` could be used here.
```julia
julia> a=rand(3,3)
3×3 Array{Float64,2}:
0.886505 0.270155 0.912865
0.335745 0.6829 0.402649
0.839621 0.736626 0.174028
julia> view(a, :, end)
ERROR: syntax: unexpected "end"
julia> view(a, :, size(a,2))
3-element view(::Array{Float64,2}, :, 3) with eltype Float64:
0.9128648347755064
0.4026488396914525
0.17402766763129351
```
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### Author:  [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unexpected-end/17579/2 "2018-11-15T21:34:53Z")
Yes, either use `@view a[:, end]` or `view(a, :, lastindex(a))`.
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### Author:  [@joa-quim](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/joa-quim)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unexpected-end/17579/3 "2018-11-15T21:38:30Z")
OK, thanks. But the `lastindex(a)` errors
```julia
julia> view(a, :, lastindex(a))
ERROR: BoundsError: attempt to access 3×3 Array{Float64,2} at index [Base.Slice(Base.OneTo(3)), 9]
Stacktrace:
[1] throw_boundserror(::Array{Float64,2}, ::Tuple{Base.Slice{Base.OneTo{Int64}},Int64}) at .\abstractarray.jl:492
[2] checkbounds at .\abstractarray.jl:457 [inlined]
[3] view(::Array{Float64,2}, ::Function, ::Int64) at .\subarray.jl:134
[4] top-level scope at none:0
julia> @view a[:, end]
3-element view(::Array{Float64,2}, :, 3) with eltype Float64:
0.9128648347755064
0.4026488396914525
0.17402766763129351
```
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### Author:  [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unexpected-end/17579/4 "2018-11-15T21:40:14Z")
Should be `lastindex(a, 2)`. A bit long, perhaps better to use the macro.