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Names
Names["
string
"] gives a list of the names of symbols which match the string.
Names["
string
",
SpellingCorrection->True] includes names which match after spelling correction.
Names["
string
"] gives the same list of names as ?
string.
Names returns a list of strings corresponding to the names of symbols.
The string can be a string pattern, with metacharacters such as * and @, as described in Section A.3.13.
Names["
context
`*"] lists all symbols in the specified context.
With SpellingCorrection
->
True, Names includes names which differ in a small fraction of their characters from those specifically requested.
With IgnoreCase
->
True or SpellingCorrection
->
True, Names treats lower- and upper-case letters as equivalent when matching names.
Names[
] lists all names in all contexts.
See the Mathematica book: Section 2.6.12.
See also: Information, Contexts, Unique, ValueQ, FileNames, NameQ.
Further Examples
Here is a list of the names of all those built in Mathematica functions that start with the letter N.
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