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$PreRead

Usage

• $PreRead is a global variable whose value, if set, is applied to the text or box form of every input expression before it is fed to Mathematica.


Notes

• $PreRead is always applied to each complete input string that will be fed to Mathematica.
• In multiline input with a text-based interface, $PreRead is typically applied to the input so far whenever each line is terminated.
• $PreRead is applied to all strings returned by a $SyntaxHandler function.
• $PreRead is applied before InString[n] is assigned.
• See Section 2.14.1.
• See also: $Pre, StringReplace, ToExpression.
• New in Version 2.


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