# Workflow for Testing Packages
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workflow-for-testing-packages/101305
**Category:** New to Julia
**Created:** [July 7, 2023, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workflow-for-testing-packages/101305 "2023-07-07T09:58:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@jeffzwe](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jeffzwe)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workflow-for-testing-packages/101305/1 "2023-07-07T09:58:02Z")
Hi there,
I’m new to Julia and I’m currently developing a new package. In order to set up a testing suite, I followed the “tutorial” in the [Docs](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/stdlib/Test/#Workflow-for-Testing-Packages).
However even with this simple example I’m getting following error for every single test:
```julia
Test threw exception
Expression: 2 == simple_add(1, 1)
UndefVarError: simple_add not defined
Stacktrace:
[1] macro expansion
@ /Applications/Julia-1.8.app/Contents/Resources/julia/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Test/src/Test.jl:464 [inlined]
[2] macro expansion
@ ~/Desktop/Example/test/math_tests.jl:2 [inlined]
[3] macro expansion
@ /Applications/Julia-1.8.app/Contents/Resources/julia/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/Test/src/Test.jl:1363 [inlined]
[4] top-level scope
@ ~/Desktop/Example/test/math_tests.jl:2
```
From my understanding runtests.jl should be able to find Example.jl by itself and include it.
But even after including Example.jl manually I get the same error.
Didn’t find anybody having the same problem online so I’m posting it here…
Thanks for the help!
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### Author:  [@gdalle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdalle)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 10:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workflow-for-testing-packages/101305/2 "2023-07-07T10:22:06Z")
I think the example in the docs might be wrong because it doesn’t export the functions it defines. Basically, if you want to use the function `simple_add` outside of the `Example` module, there are three options:
- hope that `Example` contains the statement `export simple_add`
- prefix the function call with `Example.simple_add`
- replace `using Example` with `using Example: simple_add`
Can anyone confirm that the docs is indeed wrong?
The Example.jl package on GitHub does include exports: [https://github.com/JuliaLang/Example.jl/blob/master/src/Example.jl](https://github.com/JuliaLang/Example.jl/blob/master/src/Example.jl)
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### Author:  [@lmiq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lmiq)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workflow-for-testing-packages/101305/3 "2023-07-07T12:08:33Z")
> [@gdalle](#):
>
> Can anyone confirm that the docs is indeed wrong?
There is no `simple_add` function in that package. The functions it exports and test are `hello` and `domath`.
(the example seems ok, I mean)
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### Author:  [@Eben60](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Eben60)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workflow-for-testing-packages/101305/4 "2023-07-07T12:26:03Z")
The documentation I see - [Unit Testing · The Julia Language](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/stdlib/Test/#Workflow-for-Testing-Packages) - doesn’t include any export statements, therefore the error **jeffzwe** observes.
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### Author:  [@gdalle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdalle)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workflow-for-testing-packages/101305/5 "2023-07-07T13:13:28Z")
Indeed, what I meant is that the Examples.jl package on the JuliaLang GitHub repo has an export, but the `Example` module on the test docs page doesn’t, and that second part seems wrong to me (regardless of the fact that they have different contents). I’ll open a PR
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### Author:  [@gdalle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdalle)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workflow-for-testing-packages/101305/6 "2023-07-07T13:17:55Z")
In case core devs see this, it’s a 1-line PR: [Add exports to `Example` module for the test workflow in the docs by gdalle · Pull Request #50459 · JuliaLang/julia · GitHub](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/50459)
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### Author:  [@jeffzwe](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jeffzwe)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/workflow-for-testing-packages/101305/7 "2023-07-09T15:52:24Z")
Thanks! This did the trick