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Depth

Usage

• Depth[expr] gives the maximum number of indices needed to specify any part of expr, plus one.


Notes

• Raw objects have depth 1.
• The computation of Depth does not include heads of expressions.
• Depth treats SparseArray objects just like the corresponding ordinary lists.
• See Section 2.1.7.
• See also: ArrayDepth, Level, LeafCount, Length, Nest.
• New in Version 1; modified in 5.
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