SaveDefinitions

SaveDefinitions

is an option to Manipulate and related functions that specifies whether current definitions relevant for the evaluation of the expression being manipulated should automatically be saved.

Details

Examples

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Basic Examples  (3)

By default, definitions are not saved:

Force definitions to be saved with the output:

The saved Manipulate can be copied and directly run in a new notebook:

Scope  (1)

All definitions are saved, including OwnValues:

Properties & Relations  (3)

Definitions are transformed to a literal Initialization setting during typesetting:

SaveDefinitions->True relies on FullDefinition to extract definitions:

Symbols that are Protected or ReadProtected will not be saved:

Possible Issues  (3)

Definitions for any unprotected symbol in the Manipulate body will be saved:

Saved variable definitions are effectively treated as global:

This can have an impact on future kernel sessions:

Multiple Manipulate outputs defining the same global variable may conflict:

Wolfram Research (2007), SaveDefinitions, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SaveDefinitions.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2007), SaveDefinitions, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SaveDefinitions.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "SaveDefinitions." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SaveDefinitions.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). SaveDefinitions. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SaveDefinitions.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2023_savedefinitions, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SaveDefinitions}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SaveDefinitions.html}", note=[Accessed: 19-March-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2023_savedefinitions, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SaveDefinitions}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SaveDefinitions.html}, note=[Accessed: 19-March-2024 ]}