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EndPackage

EndPackage[]
restores $Context and $ContextPath to their values before the preceding BeginPackage, and prepends the current context to the list $ContextPath.

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Every call to EndPackage must be balanced by an earlier call to BeginPackage.

EndPackage is typically used at the end of a Mathematica package.

EndPackage returns Null.

EndPackage resets the values of both $Context and $ContextPath.

Basic Examples (1)

Commands to define a simple package:

Modify the context and context path so that symbol creation and lookup use square`:

Here are the commands defining the function in the package:

Restore the context, but leave square` on the context path for symbol lookup:

The context is now the same as the original:

The context path is the same as the original, but with square` prepended:

BeginPackage Begin

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