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MessageName

Usage

symbol::tag is a name for a message.


Notes

• You can specify messages by defining values for symbol::tag.
symbol::tag is converted to MessageName[symbol, "tag"]. tag can contain any characters that can appear in symbol names. symbol::"tag" can also be used.
• Assignments for s::tag are stored in the Messages value of the symbol s.
• The following messages are typically defined for built-in functions:
f::template a template showing a typical case of the function
f::usage a description of how to use the function
?f prints out the message f::usage.
• When ?form finds more than one function, only the names of each function are printed.
• You can switch on and off messages using On[s::tag] and Off[s::tag].
MessageName[symbol, "tag", "lang"] or symbol::tag::lang represents a message in a particular language.
• See also: Message, MessageList, $MessageList.
• New in Version 1; modified in 4.


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