Make Template ▪
Make Template
inserts a template based on the currently selected function name.
▪ This command reads your current selection (which should be a function name or insertion point after a function name) and adds a template for the arguments it can take. For example, if your selection is Plot you get Plot[f, {x, xmin, xmax}], which shows the simplest form of the Plot function. ▪ You can only get function templates when you are connected to a Mathematica kernel. To define a function template for a user-defined function, make the template the first statement in the "usage" message for the function. For example, to define the template f[a,b] for the function f, you could use the following command:
f::usage = "f[a,b] is an example of a function"
▪ Note that the templates you get for built-in functions are usually only one of several possible argument forms. Use the kernel command ? to get more information, or see the Mathematica book for a complete description of a given command. ▪ When you choose
Make Template
after typing a partial word, Mathematica looks to the left of the insertion point to find a suitable function or variable name. When this name is not a currently defined function,
Make Template
applies the
Complete Selection
command before attempting to make a template. ▪ Keyboard shortcuts:
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