InputForm

InputForm[expr] prints as a version of expr suitable for input to Mathematica.

Example: InputForm[x^2 + 1/a] .

InputForm always produces one-dimensional output, suitable to be typed as lines of Mathematica input.

InputForm acts as a "wrapper", which affects printing, but not evaluation.

Put (>>) produces InputForm by default.

Short[InputForm[expr]] can be used, but may generate skeleton objects which cannot be given as Mathematica input.

The option NumberMarks can be used to specify whether ` marks should be used to indicate type, precision or accuracy of approximate numbers.

See The Mathematica Book: Section 1.9.4, Section 1.10.9 and Section 2.8.1.

See also: OutputForm, FullForm, StandardForm.

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