End []
returns the present context, and reverts to the previous one.
End
End []
returns the present context, and reverts to the previous one.
Details
- Every call to End must be balanced by an earlier call to Begin .
- End [] resets the values of $Context and $ContextAliases .
- End [] returns the present context name as a string of the form "context`".
- End [] does not modify $ContextPath .
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (1)
Properties & Relations (3)
Begin ["cont`"] sets $Context to "cont`":
End restores $Context to its value before the matching Begin :
Unlike BeginPackage , Begin does not modify $ContextPath :
Similarly, End does not modify it, either:
Begin does not alter the value of $ContextAliases :
End restores $ContextAliases to its value before the matching Begin :
Tech Notes
Related Guides
Related Workflows
- Handle Shadowing of Symbol Names
History
Introduced in 1988 (1.0) | Updated in 2021 (13.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1988), End, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/End.html (updated 2021).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1988. "End." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2021. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/End.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1988). End. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/End.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_end, author="Wolfram Research", title="{End}", year="2021", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/End.html}", note=[Accessed: 04-January-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_end, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={End}, year={2021}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/End.html}, note=[Accessed: 04-January-2026]}