# Using end variable in ranges passed to functions other than getindex?

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** indexing\
**Created:** [December 7, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-end-variable-in-ranges-passed-to-functions-other-than-getindex/7591 "2017-12-07T02:04:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![mschauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mschauer/32/13946_2.png) [@mschauer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mschauer)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 8:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-end-variable-in-ranges-passed-to-functions-other-than-getindex/7591/8 "2018-10-10T08:59:43Z")

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Maybe this is a good point to make advertisement for the idea for 2.0 to use `$begin` and `$end` as they are nice and free, unsurprising, and the dollar works as metaphor (the parser is supposed to substitute them by something like `endof(a)` and `$` indicates talking to the parser. )

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