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# Module: `kernel.zmq.embed`

Simple function for embedding an IPython kernel

## 1 Function

`IPython.kernel.zmq.embed.` `embed_kernel`(module=None, local_ns=None, **kwargs)

  Embed and start an IPython kernel in a given scope.

  Parameters: | module : ModuleType, optional The module to load into IPython globals (default: caller) local_ns : dict, optional The namespace to load into IPython user namespace (default: caller) kwargs : various, optional Further keyword args are relayed to the IPKernelApp constructor, allowing configuration of the Kernel. Will only have an effect on the first embed_kernel call for a given process.

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