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How to | Find Available Options
The default behavior for functions in Mathematica is carefully chosen to be suitable for the vast majority of cases. Mathematica also gives you fine-grained control over the behavior of most functions by providing options you can customize. You can find what options are available for a function by consulting the documentation or by evaluating Options[function].
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You can evaluate Options[function] to view the settings for the function's default options:
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You can also specify just one or a subset of options to view:
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To view just the setting for an option, use ReplaceAll (abbreviated by /.) with the option:
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You can find extensive information about options and settings for a function in the Documentation Center.
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