Attributes

Attributes[symbol] gives the list of attributes for a symbol.

The attributes of a symbol can be set by assigning a value to Attributes[s]. If a single attribute is assigned, it need not be in a list.

Attributes[s] = clears all attributes of a symbol.

Attributes[, , ... ] gives a list of the attributes for each of the .

Attributes["str"] gives a list of the attributes for all symbols which match the string pattern str.

Attributes[HoldPattern[s]] is treated as equivalent to Attributes[s].

Attributes for functions must be set before any definitions that involve the functions are given.

The complete list of possible attributes for a symbol f is:

See The Mathematica Book: Section 2.3.7 and Section 2.5.3.

See also: SetAttributes, ClearAttributes.

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