# “using” expression not at top level

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-expression-not-at-top-level/40657>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [June 3, 2020, 10:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-expression-not-at-top-level/40657 "2020-06-03T10:21:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![stv1314](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stv1314/32/15341_2.png) [@stv1314](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stv1314)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 10:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-expression-not-at-top-level/40657/1 "2020-06-03T10:21:06Z")

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Can any body tell me what’s wrong with this?

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**Author:** ![fredrikekre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fredrikekre/32/1688_2.png) [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 10:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-expression-not-at-top-level/40657/2 "2020-06-03T10:29:42Z")

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You can not `using` packages inside functions, move the `using` statements outside the function body.

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**Author:** ![stv1314](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stv1314/32/15341_2.png) [@stv1314](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stv1314)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-expression-not-at-top-level/40657/3 "2020-06-03T11:57:23Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/f/e/fe16cae79f2bfb35977d1729f3f341cd837edd19.jpeg) Though I put “using”outside of the function,it shows the same error

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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-expression-not-at-top-level/40657/4 "2020-06-03T12:13:36Z")

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Please post quoted code, and provide an MWE.

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**Author:** ![ppalmes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ppalmes/32/6838_2.png) [@ppalmes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ppalmes)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 6:55am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/using-expression-not-at-top-level/40657/5 "2020-06-05T06:55:11Z")

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you can by `@eval using Package`