Temporary

Temporary

is an attribute assigned to symbols which are created as local variables by Module.

Details

  • Symbols with attribute Temporary are automatically removed when they are no longer needed.
  • Symbols with attribute Temporary conventionally have names of the form aaa$nnn.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

Temporary symbols are removed if they are no longer referenced:

Properties & Relations  (1)

Unique new symbols are not temporary:

Wolfram Research (1991), Temporary, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Temporary.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1991), Temporary, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Temporary.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1991. "Temporary." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Temporary.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1991). Temporary. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Temporary.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2023_temporary, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Temporary}", year="1991", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Temporary.html}", note=[Accessed: 19-March-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2023_temporary, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Temporary}, year={1991}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Temporary.html}, note=[Accessed: 19-March-2024 ]}