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Unique

Unique[]
generates a new symbol, whose name is of the form $nnn.

Unique[x]
generates a new symbol, with a name of the form x$nnn.

Unique[{x, y, ...}]
generates a list of new symbols.

Unique["xxx"]
generates a new symbol, with a name of the form xxxnnn.

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Unique[x] numbers the symbols it creates using $ModuleNumber, and increments $ModuleNumber every time it is called.

Unique["xxx"] numbers the symbols it creates sequentially, starting at 1 for each string xxx.

Unique[name, {attr₁, attr₂, ...}] generates a symbol which has the attributes attr_i.

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